AUSTIN, TX-- Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), established a strategic development program with Optomec, Inc. to further develop copper inks for aerosol jet printing applications.
SINGAPORE – Singapore's electronics industry rose in June, reversing a one-month fall into recession. The sector rose 2.3 points to 51.7, according to purchasing executives in more than 150 industrial companies.
May was the first time in nearly two years the electronics sector failed to grow.
The national purchasing managers' index rose 1.6 points sequentially to 50.6 in June, on new orders and higher levels of production output. A reading above 50.0 is a sign of an expanding market.
Electronics makes up one-third of Singapore's manufacturing output.
LOS ALTOS, CA – China’s electronic equipment production market is finally slowing down, and taking the rest of the world with it.
Citing the recent economic environment and spate of earthquakes, research firm Henderson Ventures said China’s short-term equipment production output will drop eight points to 13.5% this year, before rebounding slightly in 2009 and 2010. The appreciating currency, higher labor costs and tighter environmental policies will conspire to “subdue” expansion in the longer term, Henderson said, although growth rates will remain “attractive.”
Worldwide equipment production is forecast to be rise 6.4% this year, down from 9.1% last year. It will grow 7.5% in 2009, and 8.8% in 2010, the firm predicts.
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Sixteen of the 18 electronics companies evaluated in the June 25th edition of the Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, failed to score above the midrange (5/10) on the Greenpeace, green scale. Both Sony Ericsson and Sony narrowly made the grade with 5.1 ratings.
The latest additions to the energy criteria that require demonstrated political support for global mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and measurable reductions from companies that reduce both the direct and indirect climate carbon footprint have pushed more electronics companies below the midrange.
“Electronics giants pay attention to environmental performance on certain issues, while ignoring others that are just as important. Philips, for example, scores well on chemicals and energy criteria, but scores a zero on e-waste since it has no global take-back polices," said Iza Kruszewska, Greenpeace International Toxics Campaigner. "Philips would score higher if it took responsibility for its own branded e-waste and established equitable global take-back schemes.”
Greenpeace focuses on the removal of toxic substances from products. Removal increases the safe recycling options. Greenpeace has not however adjusted its older positions on potentially hazardous substances to match the current science, such as the case with some types of brominated flame retardants (BFR) that have been demonstrated safe for use after exhaustive environmental impact studies.
LYON, FRANCE – 3-D TSV wafers will be shipped in the millions and have the potential to impact as much as 25% of the memory business by 2015, says a new research report.
LOS ALTOS, CA – China’s electronic equipment production market is finally slowing down, and taking the rest of the world with it.
Citing the recent economic environment and spate of earthquakes, research firm Henderson Ventures said China’s short-term equipment production output will drop eight points to 13.5% this year, before rebounding slightly in 2009 and 2010.
The appreciating currency, higher labor costs and tighter environmental policies will conspire to “subdue” expansion in the longer term, Henderson said, although growth rates will remain “attractive.”
Worldwide equipment production is forecast to be rise 6.4% this year, down from 9.1% last year. It will grow 7.5% in 2009, and 8.8% in 2010, the firm predicts.
