Sobering first quarter
20090508 standalone Speed- Zierick Manufacturing received the
Electronic Equipment Production Growth
stack impedance Higgins-Caditz award from the Precision
Current $ Growth Rates Converted @ Constant 2007 Exchange Rates
coupon generator. Metalforming Association for its new
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
PROMATION metal-stamping-based interconnect system.
World 8.1 0.3 -12.9 5.2 8.4
selected Tonka
Electronics as its
USA 0.9 0.3 -11.2 3.4 4.5 authorized sales Walt Custer is an independent consultant
representatives for
who monitors and offers a daily news service
W Europe -0.1 -1.1 -17.5 1.6 4.6
Minnesota, North
and market reports on the PCB and assembly
Dakota, South
automation and semiconductor industries. He
Japan 0.2 -9.7 -18.6 3.0 6.2
Dakota and parts of
can be contacted at walt@custerconsulting.com
Four Tigers 7.6 1.3 -14.4 5.1 9.1
Wisconsin.
or visit www.
Siemens Canada
custerconsulting.com.
China 21.2 3.1 -8.4 8.8 13.2
named Roland
Aurich president
Jon Custer-Topai is vice president of Custer
Consulting Group and responsible for the
Henderson Ventures 5/2009
and CEO.
corporation’s market research and news analysis
www.hendersonventures.com
SIPLACE unveiled
activities. Jon is a member of the IPC and active
Chart 13.
new SX placement
in the Technology Marketing Research Council.
and MultiStar Col-
He can be contacted at
lect & Pick & Place
tion agreement.
jon@custerconsulting.com.
machines.
Nordson chairman, CEO & president
Teradyne cut 350 jobs and reduced execu-
Ed Campbell announced his intention to
tive base salaries by 20%.
retire in early 2010.
Thermal Conductive Bonding received
Orbotech completed sale of its electronics
Reactive NanoTechnologies’ NanoBond®
assembly business to Orpro Vision.
process technology license.
Panasonic named Tom Gebhardt president
Universal Instruments laid off 30 workers
of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company
at its Conklin and Kirkwood (NY) facili-
of America.
ties.
Polar Instruments introduced its first
Complex components
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