CircuiTree - February 2009 - (Page 39)

at a CAGR of 6.8 percent from USD 6.6 billion in 2008 to over USD 9.1 billion by 2013. – BCC Research EMS/ODM industry 2009 revenues are estimated to be ﬂat or up less than 1 percent. – Charlie Barnhart & Associates Worldwide EMS/ODM industry sales grew 9.3 percent in 2008 to USD 291 billion and are expected to grow by just 7.8 percent in 2009. – IDC FCCL prices are expected to drop 5 to 10 percent in Q1 FY 09 after polyimide ﬁlm prices dropped 2 to 10 percent in Q3 FY 08. Phenol prices plummeted to their lowest level in the past six years due to sagging global PCB demand. Chart 5 PCB Fabrication Artetch Production Supervisor Glenn Wallington achieved Six Sigma Green Belt. Bulova Technologies Group acquired BT Acquisition Corporation. CMK Thailand postponed its Thailand expansion. Endicott Interconnect: • Received a USD 12 million R&D contract from the U.S. DoD; • Received AS9100 aerospace certiﬁcation; and • Created a wholly owned subsidiary, EI Technologies UK Limited, Chelmsford, U.K., and appointed Steve Payne European sales director. Eurocircuits acquired a majority stake in PCB Power. Gold Circuit Electronics: • Suspended HDI capacity expansion plans; and • Will spend TWD 500 to 600 million replacing old equipment. HannStar Board: • Expects 2009 CAPEX to be under TWD 1 billion; and • Idled its PCB plant in China after its utilization rate dropped to 55 to 60 percent in Q4 FY 08. Innovative Circuits added a tin strip system, two drilling machines, and three routers in Alpharetta, Ga. KCE shut down one of its three Thailand plants, terminating 600 workers. Kyoden stopped its new Thailand MLB project. Mass Design began manufacturing ﬂex circuit boards in Nashua, N.H. Multi-Fineline Electronix acquired British keypad maker Pelikon. PartnerTech will divest its U.K. PCB subsidiary PartnerTech Poole by Q1 FY 09. Prototron Circuits installed a Kuttler Automation Systems etch strip line. R&D Circuits added a PCB-800 March Plasma system in South Plainﬁeld, N.J. Ruwel: • Bailment request was rejected by Geldern City Council; • Cut Geldern workers’ hours by ﬁve hours per week; and • Expanded its mass lamination service. Samsung Electro-Mechanics began mass production of embedded substrates for mobile phones and semiconductors. Sanmina-SCI cut 50 workers in Owego, N.Y. Schweizer Electronic will lay off 75 workers in the ﬁrst half of 2009. Topsearch repaid all its syndicated loans. Tripod restored operations at its 4G and 5G plants for HDI and notebook PCB production in Wuxi, China. Uniﬂex Technology acquired Boardtek Electronics’ Yangzhou, China, FPCB plant for TWD 180 million. Unimicron: • Will complete construction of its netbook PCB plant in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, in Q1 FY 09; and • Suspended its 2009 CAPEX and recruitment. Unitech: • Will spend TWD 1 billion expanding photovoltaic capacity with an additional 50 mW production line; and • PCB operations will spend TWD 5 million maintaining equipment or increasing efﬁciency in 2009. Waytec Electronics appointed James Pierce operations manager. XACT PCB named WKK Distribution its distributor for China. Chart 6 Materials and Process Equipment Adeka’s PCB etchant expansion in Kashima, Japan, will be completed in April 2009. Agilent eliminated 800 jobs and implemented 5 to 10 percent pay cuts for remaining employees. Cencorp appointed Matti Paasila chair and Hannu Timmerbacka CEO and vice chair. circuitree.com • February 2009 39 http://www.circuitree.com

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