Second half of 2009—off to a better start globally
• sold Røros microelectronics business to Dublin, GA, PCBA and Sumner, Iowa, Bulgaria.
employees and Norbit AS. Automation Power Control and Integrated Zollner Electronics appointed Gene
LaBarge received US $2.3 million aircraft Architecture product plants in 2010. Lindberg VP of business development.
protection system contract from Northrop Sanmina-SCI laid-off 70 temporary Materials & process equipment
Grumman. workers in Örnsköldsvik Sweden. 3M:
LST Electronique was liquidated and all SIIX EMS Slovakia received TS 16949 • launched 19-micron embedded
employees were terminated. certification.
capacitance material for PCBs.
Nam Tai completed privatization of SIT installed a new MYDATA
• released a new, highly expandable,
NTEEP. MY100DX14 pick-and-place machine in
cost-reducing, universal test and
Nortech Systems closed its Garner, Iowa, Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
measurement platform.
facility. Sparton:
Agfa extended the territories (France,
NOTE: • received US $19.3 Million ADAR
Spain, Scandinavia, Benelux, North
• appointed Knut Pogost president and Sonobuoy subcontract.
Africa) covered by CCI Eurolam for the
CEO. • introduced new rapid prototyping
distribution and support of silver halide
• Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, added service for electronic assemblies in film and the related process chemicals to
Siemens Siplace D1 and D2 pick & Brooksville, FL. include Germany, Austria, Switzerland and
place machines and a fully automated • will relocate Jackson, MI corporate Eastern European countries.
line including conveyors, reflow oven headquarters to Schaumburg, IL,
Alpha-Cookson Electronics Assembly
and profiling equipment. October 1, 2009.
Materials appointed The Solder
• PartnerTech: Suntron Corporation Phoenix, Arizona
Connection as its exclusive distribution
• Cambridge, England facility received
facility, received NADCAP certification.
partner for the UK and Ireland territories.
ISO 13485:2003 medical certification.
Swisstronics will close its Jona,
•
Asymtek:
invested additional € 1 million in its
Switzerland, facility by the end of the year.
• promoted Paul Gallo to sales manager,
factory in Moss, Norway.
Syncron EMS (Melbourne, Florida)
•
USA & Americas and Tom Schafer to
acquired and moved Biotage
received US $30,000 Department of GM, Asia Pacific, and global accounts
Charlottesville, Virginia, plant
Defense grant to streamline assembly program manager.
production to Sweden.
process.
• sold Spectrum S-910N dispensing
Pentagon EMS acquired Proco
Testing House added a Seica Flying-Probe
system to DancoTech, Ballerup,
Manufacturing, Beaverton, OR.
test system in Fremont, CA.
Denmark.
PKC laid-off 60 employees in Raahe and
Trend Control Systems (Honeywell)
BTU appointed Jan-Paul van Maaren,
45 in Kempele, Finland.
added a Blakell Europlacer IINEO2T in
Ph.D. to VP marketing.
Plexus:
Cadence Design Systems cut 225 jobs
• Chicago facility was named one of
Horsham, West Sussex.
worldwide.
“Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest
Trump Electronics installed a new
Companies to Work For” by the
MYDATA MY12 pick-and-place machine.
Cookson Electronics Assembly Material:
NABR.
TSMT added six SMT production lines at
• signed a joint commercial and
• hired and named Chuck Basting
its plant in Suzhou, China, to expand LED
technical strategic collaboration
director for Total Rewards.
light bar capacity.
agreement for solar materials with Strip
•
Tinning, Birmingham, UK.
received manufacturing contract for a TT electronics IMS implemented Seratel’s
• opened new 1500 m2 Alpha solder
proprietary fountain dispenser from Reel aMounts component counting system.
paste production plant in Dunaharaszti
Coca-Cola. Variosystems purchased Valor Trilogy 5000
Hungary.
Quanta is investing NT$6 billion DFM verification software.
• launched ALPHA CVP-360 Pb-free
(US$182.37 million) in R&D in 2009. Videoton opened an electronics
solder paste with low-Ag SACX alloy.
Rockwell Automation will close production factory in Stara Zagora,
Creative Materials introduced 125-17, a
20090715 20090715
Personal Computer Market Growth
WORLD PERSONAL COMPUTER MARKET
World & USA
2Q'09
% Unit Growth Dell
40
World USA
30 Acer
HP
13.6%
13.5%
19.6%
20
10
8.4%
5.0%
Lenovo
0
39.9%
-10 Toshiba
-20
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 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 Others
98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
IDC 7/09
TOTAL: 68.1 M UNITS
Gartner 7/2009
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