PCB Asia Week: A Boost in Capacity

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:44:00 GMT

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has kicked-off volume production at its PCB plant in Kunshan, eastern China; and CKL Electronics will be expanding its monthly capacity for double-sided and multi-layer PCBs. Rising demand for LCD/LED back-lit TVs, meanwhile, are expected to drive the growth of GUH, Ibiden, P.I.E. Industrial and Vitrox. Here »

PCB Planet Launches New Engineering Support Services

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:23:00 GMT

Engineering support service provider PCB Planet has launched two new services for EMS and design companies. Here »

LED Market to Reach US$20.4 Billion by 2012

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:03:00 GMT

Research and Markets: Global and China Led Industry Report 2010 Reveals the LED Market Will Reach US$20.4 Billion in 2012 Here »

GUH, Ibiden Benefit from Rising Electronics Demand

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT

The rising demand for LCD/LED back-lit televisions, as well as electronic industrial and medical equipment, will drive the growth of PCB manufacturing and the PCB assembly industry this year. Here »

Kinsus Sees 10% Revenue Growth in 3Q10

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:29:00 GMT

Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects its revenues to grow 5 to 10% sequentially in the third quarter with flip-chip chip-scale packaging and base station substrates as growth drivers. Here »

The Hot Sectors in Asian Printed Electronics

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:12:00 GMT

There are about 3,000 organizations worldwide actively involved in the development of printed electronics. By number of organizations, Europe has the edge over the U.S., then comes Asia. However, this disguises the fact that those involved in Asia tend to be large conglomerates that can invest much more than those in the West. Here »

Research: Dirty Power Sources Gain More Support from Governments

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:35:00 GMT

New research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals that despite many platitudes and pledges, governments of the world are spending substantially more on subsidizing dirty forms of energy than on renewables and biofuels. Here »

Diverse Industrial Applications Drive World Sat M2M Communications Market

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:00 GMT

Worldwide, wireless, wireline, and satellite networks developed significantly in the last twenty years, setting the stage for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and equipment to utilize these existing networks. Here »

Wi-Fi-Enabled Devices to Exceed 1.9 Billion Units by 2014

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:54:00 GMT

The next 5 years will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from over 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion in 2014, according to In-Stat. Here »

Unimicron Posts Record Results in Q2

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT

Unimicron Technology in the second quarter of 2010 posted revenues of NT $16.626 billion (US $519.214 million) and after-tax profits of NT $2.318 billion or NT $1.48 a share, both new quarterly records. Here »

MFLEX Moves Jobs to China

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:48:00 GMT

Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. in Anaheim, California is laying off 85 workers and transferring the work to China, a company spokesman confirmed today. Here »

DRAMeXchange: June NB Shipment Reached 17 Million Units

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:57:00 GMT

According to DRAMeXchange, the research department of Trendforce, June notebook shipment is recorded at 17 million units with 9.3% MoM given the raising sea shipment portion and inventory management of PC-OEM. Here »

Taiyo Sets Sights on Europe

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:25:00 GMT

At 45% of the world-wide market and 80% of the North American Market, Taiyo now sets its sights on the European Market. Dan Beaulieu sat down with John Fix, European Technical Sales Manager, to discuss the company's plans for increasing sales in Europe. Here »

CKL Electronics Plans Capacity Expansion

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:15:00 GMT

Thailand-based PCB manufacturer CKL Electronics Co. Ltd plans to expand its monthly manufacturing capacity for double-sided and multilayer PCBs to about 600 million square feet by the third quarter of the year, and to around 800 million square feet by year-end. Here »

LCD Panel Makers To Increase Capacity Expansions by 40 %

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:42:00 GMT

In a race to build bigger and better next-generation fabs, large-sized LCD panel manufacturers in 2010 are set to boost their spending on capacity expansions by more than 40 percent-likely triggering an oversupply of LCD panels by late this year, according to iSuppli Corp. Here »

TechSearch Releases Silicon Interposer Market Report

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:27:00 GMT

This report details the potential applications for silicon interposers, as well as current and future suppliers. Interposer dimensions are provided, including interposer thickness, via diameter and via pitch. Here »

Rogers to Release Q2 Results August 2, 2010

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Rogers Corporation plans to announce results for its 2010 second quarter after the close of trading on Monday, August 2, 2010. Here »

SEMCO Boosts PCB Production in China

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has kicked-off volume production at its PCB plant in Kunshan, eastern China, raising concerns that the company may pose a threat to Taiwan-based PCB makers. Here »

EPTE Newsletter from Japan: Labor Disputes in China

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT

American and Japanese companies have fewer choices to solve labor issues when compared to their Taiwanese counterparts and cannot rule out shutting down operations in China. The situation in China is viral and decision makers must move quickly. Here »

Rogers Creates 6.15 Dk ML Laminate System

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:50:00 GMT

Rogers Corporation has developed the perfect match for their popular RO4360 laminate: RO4460 prepreg. Both materials feature dielectric constant of 6.15 ± 0.15 and low dielectric loss of 0.003 at 2.5 GHz. Here »

Bare PCB Manufacturing Industry Report Now Available

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:10:00 GMT

The newly-published "Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Industry" report provides the most recently updated market research on the industry. Its scope contains analysis on the industry's key financial data, competitive landscape, shipment and inventory data, upstream and downstream industries and trade data. Here »

PSA Group Consolidates PCBA Capability

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:20:00 GMT

The move will help PSA Group to consolidate its PCB assembly overall capability and to expand market share, said Chiao Yu-heng, Chairman. Here »

Worldwide PC Market Report Now Available

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:46:00 GMT

The PC industry will celebrate its 35th year anniversary in 2010. From its humble beginning as hobby computer kits in the spring of 1975, the PC industry has come a long way. In 1975 less than 50,000 PCs were sold with a value of about $60M. Here »

Speeding Up Miniaturisation of Electronic Devices

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:24:00 GMT

New method creates super-thin, high-integrity, continuous metal lines that surpass today’s semiconductor industry requirements. Here »

PCB Asia Week: Production, Upgrades, Expansion

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Korea PCB targets 90-layer boards by 2011 as part of its Technical Road Map; Unimicron and Unitech expand their HDI board production in line with increasing demand from the smartphone segment; and APCB acquires CKL Electronics to expand capacity. Here »

Graphic plc Secures NADCAP Certification

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Graphic plc adds NADCAP to its supreme portfolio of manufacturing approvals. Here »

FHT Expects Over 15% Sequential Revenue Growth

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT

First Hi-Tec (FHT) expects its revenues to grow more than 15% sequentially in the third quarter, buoyed by increasing shipments of aluminum heat sink substrates used in LED products and thick copper PCBs for power supply applications. Here »

Fuwei Films Launches New Dry Film Product

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:22:00 GMT

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Limited, a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films located in China, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co. Ltd., has successfully completed the development of a new dry film product. Here »

Dow Electronic Materials Inaugurates New Facility in Korea

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:38:00 GMT

Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of Dow Advanced Materials, today held an opening ceremony to inaugurate its new OLED Electronic Materials facility in Cheonan, Korea. Here »

OLED Market to Grow to Over $6 Billion by 2015

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT

OLED displays both rigid and flexible continue to grow strongly with display shipments expected to reach 130 million units this year, up from 97 million units last year. The market value is expected to reach $1.4 billion and grow to well over $6 billion by 2015. Here »

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