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Semiconductor recovery: Strong year-end performance expected

Although global semiconductor revenue is set to decline in 2009 for the second consecutive year, quarterly year-over-year growth is expected to finally return to the market in …
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China semiconductors market at $80 billion in 2010

China semiconductor market to grow by 17.8%. Automotive electronics only major application market to generate an increase in semiconductor demand in 2009. Wireless communications semiconductor market to decline to …
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Organic electronics and today’s electronic devices

Most of the organic molecules are electrically inert, and this is the reason why insulated materials such as the base substrates in printed circuit boards are made of plastic resins. However, some of …
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Trend report: Regional manufacturing productivity, hourly compensation, labor costs

Greatest decline in total hours worked occurred in U.S. manufacturing. Total manufacturing labor compensation declined in Japan, Canada, United Kingdom. U.S. manufacturing sector improved unit labor cost competitiveness against all economies compared except Korea and the United Kingdom.
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Report: Changing PC sector, market share, emerging markets, forecast considerations

Deutsche Bank believes the PC market is set for a significant, multi-year recovery cycle driven by the combination of an improving global economy, new product upgrade cycles and further penetration growth in developing economies. In the report, several key factors are cited as aligning which could drive significant improvement in PC unit growth over the next 12 to 24 months, such as…
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Bumping along the bottom: Electronics supply chain summer / fall ‘09 survey results

While some pundits have announced the recession is over, the electronics supply chain has a different view. We asked our readers to comment on the current economic situation, from their perspective in the electronics supply chain. According to those surveyed, the near-term future outlook is …

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IT survey results: Tech rebounding?

Survey questions focusing on indicators of respondent satisfaction or emphasis were posed with a scoring basis of 1 to 10 (1 = very negative experience or expectations and 10 = very positive experience or expectations). Electronics OEM companies responded with …
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Russian EMS opportunity amid the downturn

Russia has been looked upon as an unfavorable market for electronics manufacturing in the past by foreign electronics manufacturers.
This negative perception has …

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IDC talks about flaws in EMS value propositions

In the medical electronics sector, Jabil has been the leader but Flextronics has been investing in its medical practice. Flextronics gained a significant presence in the medical space through its acquisition of Solectron and then followed this up with the purchase of Avail, an EMS firm specializing in disposable products…
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Future EMS / ODM opportunities by product segment

ODM segments tend to have slightly higher expected CAGR than EMS segments, in most cases this is due to the small initial sizes of these segments and the rapid growth a …
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