Revenue from rigid boards are posting a double digit decline compared to the same month last year. Equipment manufacturers and printed circuit manufacturers released pessimistic forecasts for the second half of the year. They blame their pessimism on slow sales from personal computers, and they expect a negative growth from tablet PCs this year.
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Taiwan as barometer for health of consumer electronics sector
Why I believe the outsourcing trend is reversing
Three events occurred in the last four years changing technology development and manufacturing that, combined, created an environment where new nations are emerging as potential providers of outsource services, former manufacturing nations like the US are being flocked back to, and current providers of outsource services are outsourcing themselves.
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2010 Report: Global manufacturing labor rates, trends and competitiveness
China had highest rate of labor force participation for persons ages 25 to 54. U.S. remains leading producer of manufactured goods. Largest labor force was combined EU-15 countries. Sweden had highest social insurance costs as a percent of manufacturing hourly compensation. Republic of Korea had largest increase in manufacturing labor productivity.
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Asia market trends in printed circuit boards
Unfortunately, the flowers are not in full bloom for Japanese printed circuit board manufacturers. They continue to dig themselves out of a hole while their Asian counterparts …
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Taiwan electronics end-market demand trends
According to industry researchers, after just two months of relatively strong, above seasonal performance, Taiwan monthly sales were just slightly ahead of seasonal. The report breaks down trends for each of the following end-markets …
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Taiwan IC Design: Netbook opportunities, challenges
Nonetheless, this may not necessarily be viewed as negative for Taiwan fabless companies as the lower IC content should be offset by Taiwan’s nearly 100% market share of the netbook market compared to …
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Taiwan – India relations warming and soaring
Two giant Taiwan wafer OEM manufacturers, Taiwan Semi-Conductor and UMC established offices and customer service branches in India. For much of Taiwan business, the examples of these Taiwanese companies provide India…
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Multinationals investing large sums in Vietnam’s technology industry
The move is seen indicative of a larger picture. Many Japanese corporations including Sanyo, Matsushita, Sony as well as Fujitsu, Toshiba, Matsushita and Nidec, are …
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