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Thursday 8 October 2009
USI sees September revenues up on month, down on year
Taiwan-based Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.13 billion (US$158 million) for September, an increase of 15% on month but a drop of...
Friday 2 October 2009
EMS and ODM businesses gain stability in 2Q09, says iSuppli
The global electronics contract manufacturing business showed signs of stabilization in the second quarter, with the top players experiencing a collective return to growth following...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Jabil looking to recruit handset R&D talent in Taiwan, say sources
EMS provider Jabil Circuit is reportedly following the steps of rival company Flextronics International of seeking to recruit R&D staff from handset ODMs in Taiwan to strengthen...
Thursday 24 September 2009
Flextronics to form handset ODM team in Taiwan, say sources
Flextronics International plans to set up a handset ODM team in Taiwan in order to compete effectively with local handset makers for ODM orders from brand vendors such as Sony Ericsson...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
EMS providers could pressure notebook ODMs in 2010, says Flextronics president
Although EMS providers have not been competitive against ODMs for notebook orders, the former will eventually be able to compete with the latter due to advantages in global logistics...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Kenmec to spin off EMS business in 2010
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, a supplier of automated factory equipment and thin-film-transistor panel manufacturing equipment, plans to spin off its EMS business as a subsidiary...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Foxconn July 2009 revenues flat on month, down slightly on year
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$128.16 billion (US$3.91 billion) for July 2009, a slight increase of 0.12% on month,...
Monday 20 July 2009
LCD TV outsourcing falling short of expectations, says iSuppli
Although sales of LCD TVs are continuing to grow during the current downturn, the recession is resulting in somewhat weakened demand, causing contract manufacturing of such sets to...
Thursday 16 July 2009
EMS providers and notebook ODMs are becoming DMS providers, says Acer founder
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) will disappear and be replaced by design manufacturing services (DMS) as EMS providers such as Flextronics and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Globally 25% of LCD TVs shipped in 1Q09 were outsourced, says DisplaySearch
In the first quarter of 2009, 25% of LCD TVs were made by external OEMs/EMS such as Amtran, Compal, Grundig, Jabil, TPV Technology and Wistron, up 1% sequentially, according to Dis...
Thursday 18 June 2009
EMS provider BYD entering white-box netbook market in China
EMS provider BYD recently began shipping a white-box netbook in the China market priced around 1,500 RMB (US$219), according to notebook industry sources. The price is expected to...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
Kenmec adopts DuPont bonding technology for touch panels
LCD equipment supplier Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has announced it has signed a licensing agreement with DuPont Display Enhancements to employ DuPont's optical bonding technology...
Monday 11 May 2009
EMS providers recruiting from Quanta, says paper
Some electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers have reportedly headhunted a whole team of technicians from Quanta Computer, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Thursday 7 May 2009
USI suffers drop in April revenues
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.74 billion (US$112.75 million) for April, drops of 11% on month and 30% on year. USI said it still...
Thursday 30 April 2009
Gigabyte, ECS and Flextronics roll out Intel white-box notebooks
Taiwan-based motherboard and notebook makers Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as well as Singapore-based EMS firm Flextronics International have launched...