LCD equipment maker Kenmec enhancing EMS business

Newswatch - Apr 20, 14:17

Kenmec Mechanical Engineering recently announced its investment in Loyalty Founder Enterprise (LFE), a Taiwan-based PC and system chassis manufacturer. The TFT-LCD equipment maker...

RIM may add Foxconn as new EMS partner for smartphones, say sources

Apr 14, 12:18

Research in Motion (RIM) is reportedly seeking an EMS partner for the production of its smartphones in Asia Pacific, with Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...

EMS and PCBA companies expected to increase investment in testing equipment as notebook HDI demand picks up

Apr 6, 11:05

EMS and PCB assembly (PCBA) companies are purchasing testing equipment including AOI and AXI equipment in anticipation of increased demand for notebook-use high-density interconnect...

Nokia pulls more than US$5 billion in business from contract manufacturers, iSuppli says

Mar 30, 10:43

Nokia has stopped using outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business that...

Russia falls off the EMS map, says iSuppli

Mar 26, 16:04

Once viewed as a promising emerging market with massive growth potential for the global electronics contract manufacturing business, Russia now is facing a cessation of new investment,...

Revenues of top EMS providers shrink in 2008, says iSuppli

Mar 11, 16:58

After years of single-handedly powering the robust growth of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) business, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) achieved...

Commentary: Global slowdown takes tolls on EMS firms

Mar 10, 14:05

The losses posted by the EMS firm Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), the Hong Kong-listed handset subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), for the second...

Nokia seeks Taiwan partners for netbook production

Feb 27, 16:04

Nokia is currently in talks with Taiwan notebook makers and EMS companies for cooperation on its plans to possibly enter the netbook market, according to sources at Taiwan notebook...

iSuppli downgrades forecast for contract manufacturing

Feb 11, 12:02

Conditions in the global electronics contract manufacturing business are continuing to deteriorate due to the recession and the weakening high-tech industry, prompting iSuppli to...

Taiwan makers conservative over possible Flextronics policy shift against Nortel

Jan 22, 14:02

Taiwan-based EMS (electronics manufacturing service) companies and network equipment makers are conservative over a possible change in the supply chain of Nortel Networks, following...

Cal-Comp says operations unaffected by Thailand turmoil

Sep 3, 01:05

Cal-Comp Electronics, the Thailand-based EMS subsidiary of Taiwan's Kinpo group, has reported that its operations remain unaffected by the ongoing political turmoil that has prompted...

More LCD TV outsourcing expected, says iSuppli

Aug 21, 11:39

Hard economic times actually may be a boon for contract manufacturers serving the LCD TV market, as brand names increasingly outsource production to reduce risk, according to iSupp...

Contract manufacturing industry undergoing period of deceleration and consolidation, says iSuppli

Aug 1, 10:04

The global electronics Contract Manufacturing (CM) industry is undergoing a period of deceleration and consolidation, phenomena that will transform the market by 2013 as competitors...

First-tier notebook makers expect sequential shipments boost of 15-20% in 3Q08

Jul 8, 16:43

First-tier notebook makers including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron all expect notebook shipments in the third quarter to see a sequential increase of 15-20%, according...

MSI said to be considering sale of OEM motherboard business; to focus on branded business

May 28, 11:55

Micro-Star International (MSI) is reportedly considers selling its motherboard manufacturing business to Singapore-based EMS Flextronics International, while keeping its brand motherboard...