Sobering first quarter
CA) added a FLEXconveyor from Bliss card distribution agreements for Al Ha- machine distributor.
Industries. soob in Saudi Arabia. • started equipment supplier subsidiary
PartnerTech laid off 80 in Sieradz, Poland.
SMT Essemtec Benelux in Herselt,
Platinum Equity acquired the wire harness Materials, process equipment &
Belgium, for Belgium, Netherlands and
and electrical distribution business from related activities
Luxembourg markets.
Alcoa. 3M offered 3,600 US employees early
Etek began distribution of Aqueous Tech-
Quanta Computer became GMP (Good retirement.
nologies products in the UK.
Manufacturing Practice) certified by the Aeroflex acquired VI Technology.
Europlacer became the UK distributer for
Department of Health (DOH) of the Agilent laid off 300 workers in Santa Rosa,
ASC International and Hexi Electronic
Taiwan Cabinet. CA.
Equipment reflow systems.
Raven Industries cut 29 employees in its Altus Group named David Boyd its Scot-
GOEPEL electronic added Testonica to
Applied Technology Division in Sioux land sales manager.
the global alliance program GATE (GOE-
Falls. Asymtek introduced DispenseJet® Systems
PEL Associated Technical Experts).
Sanmina-SCI plans to hire up to 90 em- that enable consistent and reliable dispens-
HMS-Höllmüller named John Gebhardt
ployees by the end of this year and rent an ing of liquid electrolyte materials for micro-
sales manager for Asia.
additional 25,000 SF in Kanata, Canada. fuel cells and electrochemical applications.
Huntsman received a credit waiver from its
Sparton will close its plant at its head- BTU International named Peter Tallian
lenders for its $650 million revolving credit
quarters in Jackson, Michigan, by June 30, CFO.
facility.
2009. C.L. TECH entered an agreement for the
Imbera secured USD $15 million in Series
Steca Electronics established a sales office manufacture, support and global distribu-
B funding from NorthZone, Index and
in Marostica, Italy. tion of Mania Technologie universal grid
Conor.
Suntron received a PCBA contract from testers.
Kulicke & Soffa selected BoardVantage to
Elbit Systems for heads-up displays. Co-Tech raised copper foil prices by 5-10%.
distribute board materials.
TRICOR Systems received ISO 13485 Cyncrona OU (Estonia) acquired elnitec
Kyocera Tycom named Jim Good presi-
medical device certification from NSAI (Sweden).
dent.
(National Standards Authority of Ireland). DEK:
Lincoln International was named “Middle
TT electronics:
• introduced its ProFlow® enclosed
Market Investment Bank of the Year” by
• Kuantan, Malaysia, facility received
print head system. Buyouts Magazine.
ISO 14001 certification for its environ-
• appointed Prodelec its exclusive distrib- Manncorp introduced Dross-B-Gone™
mental management system. uter in Italy. powder which recycles solder by separating
• appointed John Bran VP global busi- DfR Solutions was chosen by the U.S. the dross.
ness development.
Navy to perform a Pb-free solder reliability Micronic Laser Systems acquired MYDA-
study. TA Automation.
TVAB ended production in Töcksfors,
Dielectric Solutions filed an involuntary MicroScreen began offering screen frames
Sweden, and transferred production to
Chapter 11 petition in U.S. bankruptcy up to 70” x 102” at its new manufacturing
Poland.
court. facility in South Bend, IN.
Ultra Electronics opened an engineering
ESI sold a LaserMill micromachining MIRTEC Europe appointed pb tec as its
services and production hub with two SMT
system to Lund University in Sweden distributor in Germany, Austria and the
lines, AOI, flying probe and functional test
for micro-wire and circuitry production German-speaking part of Switzerland.
capabilities near Cambridge, UK.
used to combat the effects of Parkinson’s MYDATA laid-off 40 workers in Sweden.
Zollner Elektronik purchased Juki SMD
disease. Nan Ya raised CCL prices by 5% in April.
placement machines.
Essemtec: Nextreme Thermal Solutions and Nucle-
ZOTAC signed motherboard and graphic • named PMTech its SMT entry-level tron Technologies entered into a distribu
20090511
World PCB Monthly Shipments
20090407
GDP Growth
Converted @ Constant 2007 Exchange Rates Constant $ Growth Rates Converted @ Constant Exchange Rates
3500
N America Europe Japan SE Asia
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
3000
World 3.9 1.8 -1.8 2.2 3.9
2500
USA 2.0 1.1 -3.2 1.7 3.9
2000
1500
EU 2.9 0.9 -3.8 0.2 1.8
1000 Japan 2.4 -0.7 -6.5 0.7 2.7
500
Four Tigers 5.3 2.7 -3.7 2.1 5.1
0
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 7 9111 3 5 China 11.6 9.0 6.7 7.4 9.0
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
CALENDAR YEAR
Henderson Ventures 5/2009
Source: Custer Consulting Group
www.hendersonventures.com
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