Woodstock Wire: EMS News

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - Kemtron's chairman, David Wall, walks readers through the past, present and future of the EMC sector



Q. How has the EMC, RFI and EMI sector evolved over recent years and what is the impact for purchasers?

The last 10-years has...

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - Manufacturing Market Insider's latest research highlights how the global CEM sector is responding to increasing demand across different regions and industry sectors.



Manufacturing Market Insider has released its annual MMI Top...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai) will form a joint venture with PTT, Thailand's majority state-owned oil and gas company, in the second half of 2021 as part of their memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed for cooperative production of...

Media -- Evertiq - Note has acquired all shares in UK based iPRO Holdings Ltd. iPRO manufactures advanced electronics-based products (box-build) with customers mostly found within Greentech, but also in Medtech and Industrial sectors.

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Media -- Evertiq - German EMS provider, KATEK, kicks off the fiscal year of 2021 with a strong first quarter showing an increase in sales of about 48%. Sales in the first quarter amounted to EUR 137,5 million, compared with EUR 92,7 million for the same period...

Media -- Evertiq - VDL Groep B.V. (VDL) has announced that it will be making a public offer for all issued and outstanding shares in the capital of EMS provider Neways Electronics International.

U.S. News -- Taiwanese firm Foxconn Technology Co Ltd is in talks to acquire a stake in Malaysian technology firm Dagang NeXchange Bhd...

Aspencore -- EPS News - IPC announced today the April 2021 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.62.

Total North American EMS shipments in April 2021 were up 10.5 percent compared...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group is reportedly in talks for taking a certain stake in Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange (DNeX), which owns a 60% share of 8-inch foundry house SilTerra Malaysia.

Media -- Evertiq - Cogiscan announces a corporate-wide global machine connectivity initiative for Jabil. As part of Jabil's digital transformation strategy, they have chosen to install Cogiscan's Co-NECT technology on 2,000+ SMT machines globally.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will soon reopen its factory sites in Bac Giang, Vietnam that have been closed due to COVID-19.

Media -- Evertiq - The EMS provider is reporting second-quarter net income of USD 47 million, as compared to USD 4.88 million during the same period a year ago.

Media -- Evertiq - German EMS provider SERO GmbH has taken over Semecs, a Dutch electronics manufacturer with a production site in Slovakia - with a turnover of approximately EUR 70 million and about 460 employees - an engineering center in the Netherlands and...

PR Newswire -- Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. Three Months Ended Mar 31, Dec 31, Mar 31, In millions, except EPS 2021 2020 2020 Sales $ 506 $ 521 $ 515 Net income(2) $ 8 $...

Globe Newswire -- Key Tronic Corporation (Nasdaq: KTCC), a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), today announced its preliminary results for the quarter ended April 3, 2021.

Aspencore -- EETimes - Foxconn's announcement of an electric vehicle alliance last month is very likely aimed at forming partnerships with companies that have an interest in entering the EV business, and none so much as Apple, according to people close to...

Media -- Evertiq - Total North American EMS shipments in March 2021 were down 3.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, March shipments rose 10.9% says the IPC.

Aspencore -- EPS News - IPC announced today the March 2021 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.43.

Total North American EMS shipments in March 2021 were down 3.6 percent...

Media -- Evertiq - Nordic EMS provider Kitron is reporting a first quarter with strong growth, backed by two major trends, in both the electrification and industry sectors.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Apple's newly launched 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pros are manufactured solely by Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry), which is expected to boost the manufacturer's April revenues, according to industry sources.

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Media -- DIGITIMES - Shortages of PC components should start easing in the second quarter of 2022, according to Young-Way Liu, chairman for Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai).

Media -- Evertiq - The worlds biggest EMS provider has reached a new deal with the state of Wisconsin, and a resolution is near between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and Foxconn regarding the company's project in Mount Pleasant.

Aspencore -- EPS News - A new IPC study, Digital Directions, Greener Connections, finds the electronics manufacturing industry has largely withstood the negative effects of the COVID pandemic and is poised to help drive Europe's economic recovery and resilience, especially...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The top 50 electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies saw sales of $384bn in 2020, driven by the top ten suppliers

Reports cite Manufacturing Market Insider (MMI) data that EMS revenues increased $17bn or 4.6 percent from...

Business Wire -- Aegis Software, a global provider of Manufacturing Operations Management Software (MOM), announces that Omega EMS, a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider for complex manufacturing projects, has selected Aegis' FactoryLogix(r)...

Media -- Evertiq - Manufacturing Market Insider says that In 2020, sales from the Top 50 EMS companies accounted for USD 384 billion in revenue - an increase of USD 17 billion from 2019.

Media -- eBOM - Absolute EMS, Inc., a leading provider of turnkey and consignment manufacturing services, is pleased to announce that it has completed its 2021 recertification audit for the AS9100 Rev D SAE International Aerospace Standard. Absolute EMS manages,...

Business Wire -- An affiliate of H.I.G. Capital has completed the acquisition of SMTC Corporation, a global Electronics Manufacturing Services ("EMS") provider.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) founder Terry Gou will invest in EirGenix, a Taiwan-based contract development and manufacturing operator (CDMO) for biotechnological pharmaceuticals, to become its biggest shareholder.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has reported consolidated revenues climbed 44.5% on year to NT$1.34 trillion (US$47 billion) in the first quarter of 2021, which came within the company's guidance range.

Media -- Evertiq - It was back in January 2021 that EMS provider SMTC Corporation announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm, which would transform the SMTC into a...

Media -- eBOM - Absolute EMS, Inc., a leading provider of turnkey and consignment manufacturing services, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its ISO 13485:2016 recertification audit. The company provides traceability, state-of-the-art quality,...

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Aspencore -- EPS News - The electronics sector helped drive U.S. manufacturing activity to a 37-year high in March as pent-up demand emptied customers' shelves and firmed up expectations for a widespread economic recovery. There are no signs demand will abate, according...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Foxconn does not expect to miss more than 10 per cent of its orders. But it is gradually witnessing the effects of the shortage Amid the global chip shortage crisis that has put hardware manufacturers all over the world on a setback....

Electronics -- SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTX) ("SMTC" or the "Company"), a global electronics manufacturing services provider and past winner of Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Award for Customer Value Leadership in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry,...

Media -- Evertiq - Foxtron, Foxconn's electric car company, has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoU) with Nidec Corporation, under which the parties now join together as strategic cooperating partners looking to increase the momentum in the powertrain development...

Media -- Evertiq - A new 400'000 square feet facility, which is expected to be completed in the company's fiscal third quarter of 2022, will provide Plexus with two levels of production and warehouse space, as well as four levels of office space.

Media -- Evertiq - "Our second quarter performance was outstanding," says CEO Mark Mondello. "The combination of broad end-market strength, more favorable product mix, and excellent operational execution by the team allowed us to deliver USD 285 million in core...

Media -- Evertiq - Total North American EMS shipments in February 2021 were up 6.4% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, February shipments fell 1.7%, says the IPC.

U.S. News -- Shares of Taiwan's Foxconn rose as much as 3.6% on Monday after Vietnam conglomerate Vingroup said its car unit was in early...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Jabil is best known for making equipment and products for companies like Apple, Dell, HP and Cisco, but future growth will come from connected healthcare devices and electric vehicles.

Tech -- The Verge - The chairman of Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn says the electronics giant is considering making electric vehicles at its mostly empty worksite in Wisconsin, where the company originally planned to make LCD...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 108.76 for February 2021, decreasing 14.98% sequentially and but increasing 3.79% on year, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Media -- eBOM - Manufacturing output volumes in the three months to March improved to broadly flat, which marked their highest balance since May 2019. That's according to the CBI's latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey.



The survey of 321 manufacturers found...

Media -- Evertiq - US electronics manufacturer, Absolute EMS, has invested in a new large format JAGUAR N450 high-end lead and lead-free wave soldering system.

Electronics -- SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTX), a global electronics manufacturing services provider and winner of Frost & Sullivan's 2019 Best Practices Award for Customer Value Leadership in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry, today announced its fourth...

Media -- Evertiq - When it comes to orchestrating all of the complexities associated with the manufacturing of a product, should innovators and businesses build a product themselves or outsource production? Lets look at the benefits in choosing an EMS to handle...