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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 21 May 2008

TAIWAN - Notebook and motherboard PCB shipments showed a slight increase last month, indicating a rebound for the second half of 2008.

Led by sales in Europe and China, four of Taiwan's largest motherboard makers, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and ECS, all exceeded April’s second quarter forecasts.

Mobile phone PCB makers Compeq, Unimicron and Unitech, are predicting a 4% growth in Q2.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 21 May 2008

TAIWAN - Unimicron and Unitech will reportedly supply Canadian smart phone maker Research in Motion (RIM) with PCBs for its 3G Blackberry 9000, also called the Blackberry Bold, a product scheduled for release in June.

Other mobile phone PCB makers are reportedly seeing stronger orders for the third quarter. Industry reports indicate that PCB shipments will continue to increase into the second half of 2008.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 20 May 2008

KUALA LUMPUR - The Ibiden Co. of Japan will begin building its planned PCB manufacturing plant in Malaysia, according to a statement by the company.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 20 May 2008

WYLIE, TX - Global Innovation Corp. has selected Cimnet Systems to optimize its engineering operations.

According to Brad Peters, Global VP and CFO, "After years of using other systems and failing to achieve the desired results from people unfamiliar with the intricacies of our business, we chose Cimnet Systems because they understand us and what it takes to drive results in our industry."

The process will cover three phases: Phase 1 will focus on finance and job costing, Phase 2 will include capacity requirement planning and statistical process control, and Phase 3 will cover the automation of the company's quoting process using of iQuote software, and Engenix, a pre-production engineering application.

Mehul Dave, GM of Cimnet said, "Global Innovation is now on the fast track after choosing to partner with Cimnet Systems. We have the technology and the people in place to help leading companies… build a solid foundation on which to address their most critical business."

SINGAPORE – R&D Circuits has announced the opening of a new location in Singapore.

TAIWAN - Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) competitor Semco has reportedly gained validation to become the third supplier for Intel’s flip-chip (FC) substrates for 45nm CPU production.

In Q4 2007, NPC and Ibiden were both validated by Intel to supply FC substrates for its 45nm CPUs, while Semco was unable to gain validation at that time due to process issues, according to reports.

In the interim, NPC has benefited from increased orders by Intel, but Semco’s validation has prompted concern at NPC that the new competition will erode its orders.