Seasonal upturn imminent but soft demand through 2009
Järlåsa Technology (new EMS company • entered an engineering and temperature sintering.
started by former CEO and founder of manufacturing contract for fuel cells for Cadence Design offered to acquire Mentor
ElektronikProdukter in Järlåsa AB) began Neah Power Systems. Graphics for $16/share.
operations in Sweden. Siemens A.G. cut 330 jobs worldwide at its CIMTEK’s Suzhou, China, facility doubled
Johnson Medtech expanded medical electronics assembly systems unit. its staff.
device manufacturing capabilities with four Sparton Cobar Europe appointed WKK its
new cleanrooms. • is closing its Albuquerque, New distributor for China and adjacent Asian
JSC Mikron obtained ISO 14001:2004 Mexico, manufacturing facility in territories, including Hong Kong, Thailand,
qualification for its EMS production. September 2008. the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan
Kitron ASA, Karlskoga, Sweden, • was awarded a manufacturing and India.
renewed a €5 million contract for an contract from Awarepoint for complex Dage Precision Industries’ GM and
additional five years with Gambro BCT, (active RFID) systems and asset national sales manager Hal Hendrickson
Denver, Colorado. tracking products. was elected to the SMTA board of directors.
KK Electronics opened a new 8000 sq.m. • implemented FusionOps AMS to Daleba’s thermal solutions division was
plant in Ikast, Denmark. automate material procurement and re-branded DK Thermal Solutions Limited.
LaBarge joined the Russell 3000 Index. supplier collaboration. Dover promoted Robert Livingston to
Norautron added a Rehm VX 3500 734 Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology president and COO.
nitro reflow oven, Cyber Optics KS plans to add 15 new production lines in Dow Chemical increased prices in
Flex Ultra HR18 AOI and Siemens X2 China and 14 lines in Taiwan in 2008 to July by as much as 25% due to surging
and X3 placement systems to its facility meet growing orders from panel makers. energy costs.
in Horten, Norway. TT electronics achieved ISO 13485:2003 DuPont Electronic Technologies increased
Perlos medical manufacturing qualification in prices in June by up to 20% due to rising raw
• formed a mobile handset JV, Suzhou, China. material, transportation and energy costs.
LITEONMOBILE, with Lite-On UEC Electronics recently leased a 25,000 ESI
and Silitech. SF building in North Charleston, South • secured its first order for its newest
• is moving its HQ from Vanda, Finland, Carolina, doubling its total space. dual-beam, high-power micromachining
to Beijing, China. Winland Electronics appointed Model 5800 laser system.
PKC Group Warren Mitchell VP of operations and • NWR Division fully qualified its
• appointed Marja Sarajärvi CFO after supply chain. AccuScribe 2150 real-time dynamic
Sami Klemola resigned. Xentenio, an EMS provider in Offenburg, autoFocus scribing solution with a key
• laid off 36 workers in Kempele, Finland. Germany, is shedding 55 jobs. Taiwan customer.
Plexus Henkel was named to the “World’s
• appointed Niclas Detterfelt director Materials & process equipment Most Ethical Companies” list by the
European sales. Advantest purchased Credence Systems’ Ethisphere Institute, New York, and Forbes
• Chicago facility selected as one of German automotive chip test unit. business magazine.
“Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Agilent Technologies acquired assets of Hitachi Chemical
Companies To Work For” by the Unitech Printed Circuit Board’s subsidiary, • developed the world thinnest polyimide
National Association of Business Escort Instruments. base copper foil laminate with a 3-micron
Resources (NABR). Asymtek celebrated its 25th anniversary. base layer and a 9-micron copper foil.
• signed a lease for an additional 47,668 AVX was named “2008 Resistor/Capacitor • introduced a series of new heat-
SF in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Commodity Supplier of the Year” by resistant copper-clad laminates for high
Sanmina-SCI Rockwell Collins. frequency PCBs.
• completed transition of Monterrey, Bando Chemical Industries introduced Hitachi developed a new high-speed solder
Mexico, operation to Lenovo. silver nanoparticles allowing low- paste screen-printing machine (with a cycle
20080710
20080702
Regional PCB Shipment Growth
World PCB Shipments
Converted @ Constant 2006 Exchange Rates
$ Billion
Taiwan/China 60
Assumptions:
3/12 rate of growth in local currency
Europe
Europe monthly ratio = SIA European semiconductor ratio
1.7 Japan Japan & N. America from JPCA & IPC data
1.6 USA
Taiwan/China based upon 28 large company composite
Rest of Asia growth = Taiwan/China composite
1.5 0
50
Data scaled to match Henderson Ventures annual totals
2007 based upon sum of monthly totals
1.4
1.3
1.2
40
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
30
0.7
0.6 40.7 32.9
33.3 34.5 39.9
42.4 47.7
49.9
0.5 20
0.4 1 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5 7 9111 3 5
1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
CALENDAR YEAR
CALENDAR YEAR Source: Custer Consulting Group - synthesized from Henderson Ventures annual estimates and N.
Sources: IPC, JPCA, Taiwan/China composite; modified SIA chip shipments to approximate Europe American, Japanese & Taiwan/China monthly PCB shipments and SIA European chip shipments
Chart 11. Chart 12.
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