BANNOCKBURN, IL – The IPC has honored Colonial Circuits, Inc. with the Peter Sarmanian Award, and Lockheed Martin with the Stan Plzak Award, in recognition of their support of IPC in standards development and other IPC activities. The companies were recognized during the IPC Annual Meeting Luncheon, April 1 in Las Vegas.
Colonial Circuits has been an IPC member since 1981 and is a member of IPC’s Executive Market and Technology Forum. For more than 15 years, Colonial Circuits has been host to various IPC design for manufacture workshops (DfM) at its Fredericksburg, Va. Location.
Lockheed Martin is one year away from celebrating its 50th anniversary as an IPC member company, and more than three dozen Lockheed Martin staff provide technical expertise on 110 standards development committees ranging from assembly and design, to boards and supply chain standards.
PANANJI, INDIA - Nokia plans to recruit 5,500 more employees in India by the end of the year, increasing employment to 15,000. Most of the new recruitments will be at the company’s Sriperumbudur plant in Tamil Nadu.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Motorola Inc. will separate its struggling handset business from other operations, forming two separate publicly traded companies.
The company said the handset business will make up one unit, while home
and networks products, and enterprise mobility solutions will be
bundled into a separate business. Pending shareholder approval, the
moves would take place next year.
The move is seen as a response to heavy pressure from its second-leading shareholder, Carl Icahn, to revamp the business.
"Our priorities have not changed with today's announcement," said chief
executive Greg Brown said in a statement. "We remain committed to
improving the performance of our Mobile Devices business by delivering
compelling products that meet the needs of customers and consumers
around the world."
Motorola will seek a new chief executive for the Mobile Devices
business, which has suffered heavy fiscal and market share losses
during the past two years.
HERNDON, VA – iNEMI has scheduled three regional workshops to give industry the opportunity to review work in progress on the 2009 Roadmap.
The North American workshop is scheduled for May 14 at iNEMI
headquarters in Herndon, VA. The agenda includes Technology Working
Groups presentations and chapter draft discussions.
The European workshop will be held on June 18 at IMEC in Leuven,
Belgium, and the Asian workshop is scheduled for July 28 in Shanghai.
The 2009 Roadmap covers 22 technology, infrastructure and business
process areas. New are sections on solid-state illumination, RFID
item-level tag and photovoltaics.
The North American registration deadline is May 8. For more
information, visit www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2009_RM_NA_May08.html.
Further information about the Asian and European workshops will be provided on the iNEMI Website as plans are finalized.
AUSTIN, TX - Dell
Computers, the world’s No. 2 PC maker, has decided to expand its presence in
the Chinese and Indian markets.
According
to CEO Michael Dell, the company will also make significant investment in the
area, particularly in China, and has reportedly said that the company would buy
$70 billion in hardware components from China between 2007 and
2009.
The PC
maker has had a presence in China since 1998, and already employs about 6,000
there, but the company also has announced plans to try to sell more products in Asian
countries.
"This
year, we plan to introduce 50% more notebook platforms than we
introduced last year, including…new products aimed exactly at Chinese customer
needs," Dell reportedly said at a news conference.
Company
sales in China reported grew by 54% in 2007. "When we look at the
potential for expansion, we do see enormous opportunity ahead,” said Dell.