EL SEGUNDO, CA – Research firm iSuppli Corp. has launched a supplier relationship management training center for electronics companies.
iSuppli is offering six courses for OEM procurement teams, covering everything from supplier relationship management and strategic supplier assessment to cross-cultural negotiation in low-cost geographies.
Courses are conducted at client facilities and are available immediately.
Dan Hawtof, a 20-year industry veteran, has been named to run the center.
“Through the Advanced Learning Center, we’re helping companies learn how to gather, interpret and apply knowledge in ways that have an immediate and positive impact on their performance,” said Hawtof, vice president, Performance Research Services.
SINGAPORE -- Singapore economic growth dropped sharply, down to 2.1% for Q2 2008 following a 6.9% increase in Q1 according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Experts say the US slowdown had begun to hit Asia.
The weak second quarter economic performance was due to a contraction in the biomedical sector and sluggish growth in the electronics industry, both lynchpins of Singapore's trade-led economy, the trade ministry said. Back in June Singapore's electronics industry was up, reversing a one-month fall into recession, but overall growth has been slow for this export segment during 2008.
"The GDP growth in the second half is likely to be broadly similar to the first half," the ministry said. "Weaker demand in the major economies, coupled with the need to contain inflationary pressures, will dampen growth in the fast growing Asian economies."
TOKYO – Researcher at the University of Tokyo have developed a rubbery conducting material from a mix carbon nanotubes and a polymer material. The nanotubes retain current carrying capability after being encapsulated by the polymer that provides flexibility.
BOONTON, NJ – Total worldwide sales revenue for telecommunication gateways and session border controllers is expected to increase at a compounded rate of nearly 13% during the next five years, says Insight Research.
This specialized equipment enables traditional phone networks to interconnect with next-generation network services that make extensive use of the Internet. During 2008, nearly $2 billion worth of gateway technology will be sold in global markets. By 2013, sales of new gateway gear will increase to $3.5 billion annually, says the firm.
While global gateway sales will increase to nearly 13% during the forecast period, hybrid-fiber coax gateways, SIP gateways, and session border controllers will buck trends and are expected to exhibit sales revenue growth rates in excess of 30%, says Insight.
"The next-generation network, which will make extensive use of IP and web services is still years away from generating serious revenue, and in the meantime carriers are not about to fork lift out the infrastructure that makes them money today," said Robert Rosenberg, Insight’s president.
"Gateways form the link between today's revenue-generating services and what the carriers will be building to generate their future revenue streams, so we expect the telecommunications gateway market to continue growing for at least the next five years," Rosenberg added.
LYON, FRANCE -- According to Yole Developpement, the MEMS switch and varicaps markets will reach $700 million in sales by 2012. Growth is driven by handset applications.
NUREMBERG and ARLINGTON, VA – Consumer electronics revenues in China are forecast to reach $100 billion by 2009, surpassing Western Europe and North America between 2009 and 2010, say market researcher GfK and the Consumer Electronics Association.
