Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers are set to make inroads into the dominant position of ODMs in the mobile PC market, with the EMS share of shipments projected to...
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition by the Taiwan-based company Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) of Sony entities...
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering's capacity at its automation equipment plant in Suzhou, China has been fully booked, with orders coming from AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI)...
Electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers are expected to see their share of the notebook manufacturing market rise from 2.95% in 2009 to 8.25% in 2010, according to sources...
The EMS industry contracted by 11% in 2009, less than expected due to a resurgence of consumer spending late in the year. According to a new forecast from IDC, the EMS industry will...
Thursday's announced deal between SunPower Corp and Flextronics International represents the early stages of a boom in solar panel contract manufacturing driven by a rapid expansion...
The top ten contract manufacturers of cell-phones will experience a difficult 2010 following a year that upended their longstanding business models and dealt them unprecedented losses,...
BYD, a China-based maker of electric cars, batteries and electronic components/devices, plans to invest 500 million yuan (US$73.2 million) to set up photovoltaic (PV) power-generating...
Semiconductor spending in 2010 among OEM and EMS providers will post double-digit increases, reversing the curtailment in spending from the two groups in the wake of the economic...
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, which specializes in industrial automation equipment, has announced plans to spin off its EMS unit have been approved by its board of directors.
Although the global electronics contract manufacturing industry is set to return to growth in 2010 after a painful 2009, the market still faces major uncertainties for the year, according...
LG Electronics (LGE) plans to outsource 12-14 million handsets on an ODM basis and another 10 million units on an EMS basis in 2010, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based ODM...
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted revenues of NT$147.39 billion (US$4.56 billion) for November 2009, down 9.1% sequentially but up 9.3% on year. For the...
Flextronics International aims to become one of the top three notebook makers worldwide, according to Sean Burke, president of Flextronics Computing and Peter Chu, general manager...
Portable navigation devices (PNDs) now have entered a period of slowing growth, spurring companies throughout the supply chain to re-evaluate their business models, according to iS...
