SE Asian upturn, softness in Europe—No major disasters on horizon
CRFS (Cambridge Radio Frequency Kingfield Electronics had 15 staff pass “fastest growing private companies in the
Services) added a XJTAG boundary scan NVQs in electronics and electrical electronics industry in the nation” by Inc.
development system. engineering. 5000.
DCI named Derek “Jay” Gillam as VP, Kitron appointed Dag Songedal Day TT electronics:
Business Development. managing director. • purchased Semelab for 9.8 million
ECS purchased a motherboard plant in LaBarge received a $1.1 million contract pounds.
China. from Northrop Grumman for its G/ATOR • added a solder recovery system in
EE Technologies installed a Vitronics radar system and a $9.7 million contract Rogerstone, UK.
Soltec Delta 5 wave soldering system. from Raytheon for its missile decoy Videoton began its Kaposvár, Hungary,
Elcoteq: program. facility expansion.
• CEO and COO Jukka Jäämaa left the NEC is ending its personal computer Weidmüller is spending EUR 70 million
company outsourcing production in Japan and con- to add an additional 25,000
sq.m.to its
• re-hired around 200 people in Tallinn, solidating its dispersed assembly lines into Detmold manufacturing operations.
Estonia. its mainstay factory in Yonezawa, Yamagata
Enics (Nova Dubnica, Slovakia) added an Prefecture. Materials & process equipment
additional SMT assembly line. Neo-EMS (Brandon, Vt.) closed operations. Advantest added a R&D department in
Flextronics: Nortech Systems achieved ISO 13485 Munich.
• is expanding its Morgan Hill, CA, quality certification. Allied Electronics signed distribution
operations. Northstar received purchase orders total- agreement with AIM Solder.
• laid off 28 workers in Skive, Denmark. ing US$4,116,000 for a P-3 aircraft service Arlon achieved 10 years without a lost-time
• received Fujitsu HPC Server ODM life extension project from Lockheed injury in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
contract. Martin Aeronautics. Arrow Electronics appointed Brian
Foxconn/Hon Hai: Plexus is closing its Ayer, MA, facility by McNally to president Arrow EMEASA
• issued a profit warning. March 2009. (Europe, Middle East, Africa and South
• is building a $3.26 billion digital Ramp Industries closed and auctioned off America).
hi-tech environment-friendly town/ its equipment in Binghamton, NY. AZ Electronic Materials raised prices by
global HQ/employee residence capable Salcomp opened a new 3,600 sq.m. R&D up to 15% across its product range.
of accommodating 240,000 persons in center in Shenzhen, China. Cadence Design Systems introduced
Taiwan. Saline Lectronics received AS9100 (aero- constraint-driven high-density-interconnect
• manufactures 800,000 iPhones a week. space) certification. design flow for PCBs.
• received CEM contracts for a total of Sanmina-SCI: Camtek received NASDAQ global market
approximately 3 million LCDs from • plans to incur additional restructur- notification for shares dropping below $1
Sony and Toshiba. ing charges of approximately $10 to per share.
ITT received a 5-year communications and $18 million from its closed facilities in Carl Zeiss SMT acquired Pixer Technology
electronics equipment contract from the Jönköping, Sweden; Phoenix, Arizona; (Karmiel, Israel).
U.S. Army Communications Electronics and Cherbourg, France. Cencorp ceased its French subsidiary
Command. • received manufacturing contract for operations.
Jabil’s Tianjin facility increased production Parata’s pharmacy automation prod- Christopher Associates introduced a low-
capacity to 200 million units/year with ucts. cost solder dross recovery system.
four new lines. Scanfil discontinued it planned sale of its CIMTEK named Alex Bonham as its
Keystone Manufacturing opened new Vantaa, Estonia, and Biatorbágy, Hungary, professional services director.
9,000 SF facility in Grand Rapids, facilities. Cookson Electronics:
Michigan. SenDEC was ranked one of the 30th • Enthone acquired Ormecon GmbH,
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20080913
Global "Electronic Foodchain" Growth Electronic Equipment Suppliers
2Q'08 vs. 2Q'07 Composite of 61 Public Companies
Electronic Equipment 11 Quarterly Revenue Growth
Military 8 % Growth (quarter vs same quarter in prior year)
Business & Office 4
20.0
Instruments & Controls 15
Medical 12
15.0
Telecom 12
Internet 11
10.0
Computer 12
Storage 16 5.0
SEMI Equip -16
0.0
Semiconductors (SIA) 8
Passive Components 1
-5.0
Component Distributors 9
EMS-Large 8
-10.0
EMS-Medium 0
PCB 3
-15.0
PCB Process Equip 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20
% Change Computer 13, Internet 2, Storage 9, Telecom 6, SEMI 14, Medical 4, Instruments 7, Military 6
US$ equivalent at fluctuating exchange; based upon industry composites including acquisitions
Chart 3. Chart 4.
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