CircuiTree - September 2008 - (Page 47)

[ Market Outlook ] Chart 5 over-year to KRW 5.93 trillion in 2008. – KPCA AFlextech was acquired by Molex. AT&S: • Is building its third HDI facility in Shanghai; and • Developed a new and highly efﬁcient solar module concept with Solland Solar. Calumet Electronics celebrated its 40th anniversary. CMK: • Invested USD 32.5 million to expand its Thailand plant capacity to 50,000 m2/month; and • Is closing its Indonesian one-sided PCB manufacturing plant. Daleba Electronics’ Guangdong province plant suffered substantial ﬂood damage. Dongguan Tai Shan and Jet Master were sold by parent Karce International for USD 4 million. Elprint in Bergen ﬁled for bankruptcy. Endicott Interconnect Technologies’ chief executive ofﬁcer James McNamara received Ernst & Young’s 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year award. Eurocircuits launched a laser-cut solder paste stencil service. Flex-Ability celebrated 21 years of independent U.K. manufacturing. Fuba Tunisia sold 19 percent of its stock to IFC. Invotec Circuits cut 33 percent of its Blackburn, U.K., staff. IQ CIRCUITS (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) auctioned excess equipment from its former PCB manufacturing plant. ITL Circuits added an Orbotech Newprint Maxi inkjet legend printer. JetPCB launched a new Web site offering instant price quotes. K & F Electronics received a three-year PCB contract with the U.S. Federal Aviation. Kyosha acquired Sanwa Denshi. LG Micron is heavily expanding its PCB business acquired from LG Electronics to compete with Samsung Electro-Mechanics. MARUWA doubled its manufacturing capacity for ceramic base multilayer boards for automobile applications. Meadville Holdings received a USD 170 million loan to expand capacity and replace existing shorter-term facilities. Milplex Circuit (Canada) named Jerry Pariag national inside sales manager. Mitsubishi Electric is closing its captive PCB shop in Kanagawa Chart 6 Prefecture, Japan. Nan Ya PCB is relocating its low-margin production to China to focus on high-margin goods, such as ﬂip chip substrates in Taiwan. PCB Connect moved into Elprint’s former Oslo, Norway, ofﬁce. RUWEL: • Acquired Naavinya CAD Soft, Bangalore, India; • Sold its Wetter (Germany) PCB plant to management ﬁnanced by Nord Holding (name was restored to Schoeller Electronics GmbH); and • Grassau, Germany, operations were acquired by Lamitec-Dielektra. TTM Technologies installed an XACTPCB Gemini-X Linear Plus registration system. Materials and Process Equipment Korea’s PCB raw materials and equipment business will grow 5 percent from KRW 3 trillion in 2007 to KRW 3.7 trillion in 2008. – KPCA North American medical device industry SMT equipment providers’ revenues will increase from USD 1.25 billion in 2007 to USD 1.89 billion in 2014. – Frost & Sullivan 3M Electronic Solutions named Herve Gindre vice president/ general manager. Cookson Electronics: • Transferred its chemical and ﬂux production to the Netherlands; • Will move its Ashford, U.K., manufacturing site in early 2010; • Moved its solder paste manufacturing to a new facility in Dunaharaszti (near Budapest); and • Launched its zero halogen initiative for Alpha products. DEK appointed Michael Brianda president. Dover sold its subsidiary Triton Systems of Delaware to Nautilus Hyosung. Dow Chemical will acquire Rohm and Haas for USD 18.8 billion. ESI: • Introduced its picosecond laser-based solution for wafer singulation; and • Partnered with STMicroelectronics to develop an advanced laser singulation solution. Fulltech is building the world‘s largest ﬁberglass yarn plant in Huwei, Taiwan, with an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons/year. Furukawa Electric acquired Furukawa Circuit Foil. circuitree.com • September 2008 47 http://circuitree.com

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