2009 & 2010: The coming global recovery
Asustek imposed a hiring freeze. • will collaborate with HP on a St. Peters- financing facilities.
Axiom Electronics received AS9100 and burg, Russia, factory. Kitron appointed Roger Hovland sales &
ESD S20.20-2007 certification from Det • chairman Terry Gou made a US $455 marketing director.
Norske Veritas. million donation to build cancer hospi- LaBarge acquired Pensar Electronic Solu-
BB Electronics appointed Leif Saaby Han- tal in Taiwan. tions, Appleton, Wisconsin.
sen to Suzhou GM. • cut 20,000 staff globally including Laird Technologies cut 500 positions in
Creation Technologies acquired Pro- 1,500 workers at its Hungarian plants, Szombathely, Hungary.
Works, Santa Clara, CA. 70 engineers in Taiwan and more than Leab Eesti O added a Juki pick-and-place
ECS reorganized its motherboard business 30,000 jobs in China. machine and an ERSA wave soldering
and hired ex-Foxconn/Hon Hai assistant • cut employee wages by 5-10%. system in Tallinn, Estonia.
president to manage its global channel Hewlett-Packard expects to buy US $22 Leoni opened a cable harness plant in Dur-
sales business. billion of products in Taiwan in 2009. ango, Mexico.
Elcoteq: High-Tek Harness received a connector Metra Computer created an Intel moth-
• abandoned plans to sell its St. Peters- contract from Wistron in Zhongshan, erboard assembly unit in Egypt for the
burg, Russia, facility China. African market.
• will begin production of consumer HTC: MHS Electronics entered receivership.
electronics and home digital systems • acquired San Francisco based con- NOTE:
in 1Q09. sumer product design company One & • acquired Norteam Electronics, Oslo,
• Beijing received a series of awards in Company Design. Norway.
the Olympics Contribution Competi- • cut its workforce in Japan by over 50%. • reduced headcount by 100.
tion organized by the committees of Incap: • laid-off 47 employees in Torsby, Swe-
the Beijing Economic and Technologi- • appointed Sami Mykknen president den.
cal Development Area. and CEO. Perlos laid-off 500 in Hungary.
• cut 50 jobs in Finland. • received a long-term power supply PKC:
Enics will close its Varkaus, Finland, unit manufacturing contract from Powernet. • closed its wiring harness factory in
in 2009. Inovar: Pskov, Russia, and centralized produc-
Flextronics: • appointed Tom Carlin president. tion at its Suzhou, China, factory.
• added an electronics repair location in • selected Ovation’s Grid-Lok automatic • laid-off 94 workers in Kempele, Fin-
Memphis, TN. substrate support technology for its five land.
• closed its R&D department and cut SMT assembly lines. • temporarily laid-off 60 blue-collar
30% of its staff in Beijing, China. Jabil: employees in Raahe, Finland.
• dismissed 110 employees in Srvri, Hun- • cut 110 jobs in Brest, France, and will Plexus:
gary, and 103 workers in Karlskrona, close the plant in two years. • began construction of its 107,000 SF,
Sweden. • is seeking a buyer for its 12 acre facility $20 million global headquarters in
• mothballed its Stersund, Sweden, facil- in Kergonan, France. Neenah, Wisconsin.
ity after failing to find a buyer. • opened a US$100 million, 6,500m2 • Product Services Engineering Group
• temporarily postponed a LCD plant in factory in Jalisco, Mexico. purchased a Teradyne TestStation LX
St. Petersburg, Russia. • received a multiyear photovoltaic UltraPin II In-circuit test system.
FM Logistic temporarily laid-off 489 module assembly contract from Day4 RPM Electronics (Colorado CEM) will
employees in Moselle, France, due to a lost Energy. permanently terminate all operations by
HP contract. Jurong Technologies appointed Messrs the end of February 2009 after losing work
Foxconn/Hon Hai: Lee & Lee as legal advisers and Korda- from its two largest customers.
• took a 16% stake in Advanced Micro- MenthaNeo as financial advisers regarding Sanmina-SCI, Shenzhen, China, received a
electronic Products. alleged irregularities found in receivable volume production contract for Coolteq
20090118 20090114
Global Electronic Equipment Shipment Growth
Personal Computer Market Growth
World & USA
Taiwan/China
% Unit Growth
3/12 rate of growth in local currency
Europe
40
1.6
Japan World USA
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USA
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