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High-Tek Harness received a connector contract from Wistron in Zhongshan, China. HTC: • Acquired San Francisco-based consumer product design company One & Company Design; and • Cut its workforce in Japan by over 50 percent. Incap: • Appointed Sami Mykknen president and CEO; and • Received a long-term power supply manufacturing contract from Powernet. Inovar: • Appointed Tom Carlin president; and • Selected Ovations Grid-Lok automatic substrate support technology for its ﬁve SMT assembly lines. Jabil: • Cut 110 jobs in Brest, France, and will close the plant in two years; • Is seeking a buyer for its 12 acre facility in Kergonan, France; • Opened a USD 100 million, 6,500 m2 factory in Jalisco, Mexico; and • Received a multiyear photovoltaic module assembly contract from Day4 Energy. Jurong Technologies appointed Messrs Lee & Lee as legal advisers and KordaMenthaNeo as ﬁnancial advisers regarding alleged irregularities found in receivable ﬁnancing facilities. Kitron appointed Roger Hovland sales and marketing director. LaBarge acquired Pensar Electronic Solutions, Appleton, Wis. Laird Technologies cut 500 positions in Szombathely, Hungary. Leab Eesti O added a Juki pick-and-place machine and an Ersa wave soldering system in Tallinn, Estonia. Leoni opened a cable harness plant in Durango, Mexico. Metra Computer created an Intel motherboard assembly unit in Egypt for the African market. MHS Electronics entered receivership. NOTE: • Acquired Norteam Electronics, Oslo, Norway; • Reduced headcount by 100; and • Laid off 47 employees in Torsby, Sweden. Perlos laid off 500 in Hungary. PKC: • Closed its wiring harness factory in Pskov, Russia, and centralized production at its Suzhou, China, factory; • Laid off 94 workers in Kempele, Finland; and • Temporarily laid off 60 blue-collar employees in Raahe, Finland. Plexus: • Began construction of its 107,000 ft2, USD 20 million global headquarters in Neenah, Wis.; and • Product Services Engineering Group purchased a Teradyne TestStation LX UltraPin II in-circuit test system. RPM Electronics (Colorado CEM) will permanently terminate all operations by the end of February 2009 after losing work from its two largest customers. Sanmina-SCI, Shenzhen, China, received a volume production contract for Coolteq power modulator modules for cellular base sta- tions from Nujira. Scanﬁl EMS signed a wind power component manufacturing agreement with The Switch. Sitronics laid off 300 employees in Votice, Czech Republic. SMTA named Daniel Baldwin president-elect. STI Electronics: • Appointed Ryan Kirk Industrial Sales Manager; and • Relocated to a new 54,000 ft2 facility in Madison, Ala. Symetrics received the 2008 Best Business award from the MelbournePalm Bay Chamber of Commerce for the second consecutive year. Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology merged subsidiaries TSMT Nanjing and TSMT Ningbo with Regent Manner International Holdings production bases in Suzhou and Ningbo. TT Electronics was named to the Top 50 EMS Provider List by Manufacturing Market Insider. TVAB cut 100 employees in Poland. VT Automotive Electronics laid off 400 at its Autoelektronika division. Winland promoted David Kuklinski to VP of sales and marketing. ■ Walt Custer and Jonathan Custer-Topai’s column is sponsored by Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials. Custer Consulting Group provides market research, business analysis, and forecasts for PCB fabrication and assembly, passive components, semiconductors, and the electronic equipment end markets. You can reach Walt by phone at 707-785-1777, email at walt@ custerconsulting.com, or visit his Web site: www.custerconsulting.com. Education on Demand Click… Play… Learn! Webinars Have some down time or looking to pick up information on your lunch break? Log on to our archived webinar series where you can view a full webinar presentation without leaving your desk. http://webinar.circuitree.com h Improve your industry knowledge without having to leave your desk with CircuiTree podcasts, videos, and webinars. All of our content is free and available to you when YOU have the time. Videos Watch videos of presentations CircuiTree captured during our live conference series. Each video also comes with the PowerPoint slides of the presentation, making it easy for you to follow along. w www.circuitree.com/video Podcasts See why our Technology Tip podcast series is gaining so much popularity with our site visitors. Each podcast contains a brief interview with an industry expert on specific subjects impacting the industry as a whole or the floor of your shop. w www.circuitree.com/podcast CircuiTree — The World’s Best Source of Information for the Printed Circuit Board Industry CT Education-Full.indd 1 circuitree.com • February 2009 4/24/08 9:42:51 AM 41 CT Education-Quarter.indd 1 4/24/08 10:03:03 AM http://www.custerconsulting.com http://webinar.circuitree.com http://www.circuitree.com/video http://www.circuitree.com/podcast http://www.circuitree.com

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