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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 03 October 2008

ENDICOTT, NY– Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) has promoted Jennifer de Souza to vice president of supply chain management. Her responsibilities will include developing and executing direct and indirect materials procurement strategies using lean principles such as JIT and Consignment. She will also lead the way in streamlining the company’s supply chain by implementing the SAP toolset. de Souza has 10 years of experience in global materials management and strategic sources. Prior to joining EI in 2007, she was the global materials manager for Welch Allyn.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 02 October 2008

JAPAN and TAIWAN– Capacity increases by Union Tool of Japan and Topoint of Taiwan have lead market watchers to predict continued competition of shares in the PCB drill bit market for 2009. Union Tool plans to increase its monthly output to 35 million units by the end of 2008. This will be an increase of 4 million against 2007 figures. Topoint expects monthly figures over 17 million by the end of the year, up 30% from 2007. The company also predicts its global market share to reach 17% to 18% by the end of 2008.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 02 October 2008

TAIPEI – Taiwan Union Technology Corp. this week responded to a competitor’s allegations of patent infringement with a stern denial.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 30 September 2008

SHANGHAI, CHINA– Trace Laboratories, Inc. has opened a laboratory for complete testing solutions for OEMs and their suppliers. The lab supports material analysis, functionality, design validation, dimensional measurements and process validation testing. Trace sees the new facility as an “important step in assisting customers with their product validation in a timely fashion.” The lab is in a high-growth market, with production geared for the global marketplace. Trace believes this will save its customers time and money by removing the need to ship products prior to qualification.

GITTELDE, GERMANY– Andreas Ebeling has resigned as managing director of FUBA PRINTED CIRCUITS GMBH for undisclosed reasons.

TAIWAN– HannStar Board Corporation is predicted to see 20% to 30% sequential growth for notebook PCBs, according to market watchers. For the third quarter, two million shipments of PCBs for low-cost notebooks are predicted, and the company’s market share is expected to reach as much as 70%, thanks to high demand. HannStar is also predicting 1.5 to 1.6 million shipments of traditional notebook PCBs for the third quarter. Because notebooks account for 65% of the company’s total capacity, it has expanded capacity in hopes of an over-90% utilization rate. Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has not had the same fortune. Market watchers are predicting a 5% decline due to the company’s cost-structure limitations. To boost profits, GCE plans to increase high-end product orders.