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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 17 July 2008

FRANKFURT -- According to the German electronics industry association, ZVEI, April output was up 15.6% compared to the previous month; and up 13.5% compared to last April.
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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 15 July 2008

TAIPEI -- Taiwan exported US$8.227 billion in machinery in the first half of 2008. The shipments represent a 12.7% increase versus the same period in 2007, according to the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) who monitors exports.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 14 July 2008

FLORENCE, KY --Ticona, a business of Celanese, will increase prices for its Vectra liquid crystal polymer (LCP) products, effective with shipments to customers beginning Aug. 1, 2008. Raw material price increases make the LCP price adjustments necessary.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 14 July 2008

VICTORIA, MN – HEI Inc. profit for the third quarter rose as net sales increased 14.6%. HEI provides design, fab and assembly services for medical, communications and other specialty industies.

For the period ended May 31, the company reported net sales of $10.2 million and net income of $179,000. A year ago, HEI had a net loss of $1.8 million.

CARLSBAD, CA -- Machine Vision Products appoints Paul Groome, sales and marketing manager for Western North American and corporate accounts.

"Paul’s extensive industry experience will be invaluable as we introduce new products and address new markets. His knowledge of electronics manufacturing and the electronics market will improve our ability to pro-actively address the needs of our customers,” said Richard Osborne, North American Sales Manager of Machine Vision Products.

CALUMET, MI -- Calumet Electronics celebrates its 40^th year of manufacturing hi-reliability printed circuit boards. All PCBs are manufactured in the Calumet, Michigan facility. The company is registered as a Small Business by the SBA and a certified HUBZone Enterprise.

Calumet is 4A1 rated by Dunn and Bradstreet. The company operates under a quality system that is registered to ISO9001:2000 and certified by the Department of Defense to Military Performance Specifications for Printed Circuit Boards; MIL-PRF-31032 and MIL-PRF-55110.