2011 visibility improves
LaBarge received a: • $1.6 million cockpit wiring harnesses contract from Kaman for SEAHAWK helicopter program
• $3.5 million assembly contract from General Dynamics for Aegis weapon system.
• $4 million in contracts from Atlantic Inertial Systems
• $8.4 million in BLACK HAWK con- tracts from Kaman.
Makso added a Mydata MY100DX14/ DX14 SMT Synergy line. Nortech Systems acquired Winland Electronics’ EMS operations. NOTE sold
its 50% interest in its
Polish electronics manufacturing JV NOTEFideltronik to its partner Zibigniew Fidelus. OnCore Manufacturing Services was acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners. Optogan Group opened a LED plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the former Elcoteq facility. Plexus: • leased 15,000 SF in Darmstadt, Germany for a new design center.
Quanta Computer received an assembly contract from Apple’s iPad 2. Rimaster opened a second factory in Borne Sulinowo, Poland. Sanmina-SCI began operations at its India Design Center in the Madras Special Economic Zone near Chennai. Suntron received ISO 13485:2003 certification for its Mexico facility. SymCom purchased Sanmina-SCI’s Rapid City property. Vario system added an X-ray system YXLON Cheetah. Wistron is building a manufacturing plant for electro-technical production in Brno- Cernovice, Czech Republic.
Materials & process
equipment Copper foil prices increased 5% m/m to US$9,015/ton on the London Metal Exchange in December 2010. Global SMT equipment market is projected to exceed US$5.5 billion by 2015 with the U.S. automatic screen printing equipment market reaching US$44 million by 2014.—Companiesandmarkets Laser drilling machine sales likely reached 1000 units in 2010 with many more needed in 2011.—Dr. Hayao Nakahara Japanese solder makers are shiſting production overseas, mainly to China, as
tin supply from Indonesia tightens.—Japan Metal Bulletin AGI (a DEK stencil technology franchisee and VectorGuard® licensee) added a second manufacturing location in Tampa, Florida. Agilent Technologies’ Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscope was named Test Product of Year at Elektra 2010. Bliss Industries doubled its manufacturing team and capabilities to meet the high order demand that is building for 2011. Caledon Controls introduced CLEAR conductive PET film using PDIM metal deposition techniques developed by Vast Films. Christopher Associates introduced Koki SB6N58-A730 low-temperature lead-free solder paste. Cookson’s Bangalore, India research center achieved ISO9001:2008 certification. Dow Electronic Materials: • broke ground on its Eastern China manufacturing facility designated for PCB, electronic and industrial finish- ing and photovoltaic markets.
• purchased land for the construction of new manufacturing facility in Xiamen, China.
• received a Certificate of Appreciation from Viasystems in its chemical sup- plier category.
Essemtec celebrated its 20th anniversary. Iteq’s CCL plant in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan, had a fire that may have affected 4% of the company’s overall capacity. JP Sercel Associates added DPSS, ultrafast and excimer laser workstations. Juki celebrated 20 years in Argentina. Keithley Instruments acquired Danaher Corporation. Koh Young America appointed Bill Astle Americas sales manager. Machvision debuted on Taiwan’s over-the- counter securities market on January 5 at an initial offer of NT$26 (US$0.89) per share. Mitsui Mining is building a 300 MT/year electrolytic copper foil plant in Malaysia. MYDATA received orders for a MY500 solder-jet printer and a MY100LX10 pick- and-place machine from Mini-Cam. Nordson ASYMTEK’s Steven Adamson received IMAPS’ President’s award. P. KAY Metal received broad dross elimination coverage in a new US patent. Park Electrochemical appointed Steve Pittari director of OEM program management and promoted Christopher Mastrogiacomo to sr. VP of strategic marketing. Rogers: • acquired Curamik Electronics for EUR116M.
• introduced XT/duroid high-perfor- mance thermoplastic laminate materi-
www.globalsmt.net
• unveiled laminate.
als suitable for high-frequency multi- layer circuits in military, aerospace and deep-space applications.
high-thermal-conductivity
RoodMicrotec secured mezzanine capital of €1.994 million without repayment obligation. Sono-Tek purchased the Milton Industrial Park comprising five buildings of office/ industrial space with 50,000 SF2 of gross leasable floor area. Specialized Coating Services received a $100,000 contract for conformal coating on PCBs from Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons division. Speedline Technologies appointed Roberto Fregoso sales manager, based in Jalisco, Mexico. Taiflex Scientific will add 100,000 SF/ month of additional capacity in 2011. Taimide polyimide film capacity grew 30% to 1000 tons with the opening of its new Hsinchu Science Park plant. Taiyo America: • celebrated its 20th anniversary. • promoted John Fix to manager & director of sales and marketing (con- grats John)!
Teledyne acquired DALSA Corporation. Uyemura: • is constructing its first plant in South Korea in Hwaseong.
• began construction of its fiſth plant adjacent to its fourth plant for PCB plating in Tailand
Semiconductors Worldwide semiconductor revenues are expected to grow 9% y/y to $303 billion in 2011.—IDC Forecasts Global Semiconductor fab tool spending is expected to fall 5% y/y to US$51.1 billion in 2011.—Gartner Automotive MEMS sensor sales increased 32.1% y/y to 662.3 million units in 2010.— iSuppli
Walt Custer is an independent consultant who monitors
and offers a
daily news service and market reports on the PCB and assembly automation and semiconductor industries. He can be contacted at
walt@custerconsulting.com or visit
www.custerconsulting.com. Jon Custer-Topai is vice president of
Custer Consulting Group and responsible for the corporation’s market research and news analysis activities. Jon is a member of the IPC and active in the Technology Marketing Research Council. He can be contacted at
jon@custerconsulting.com.
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