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TAIWAN and CHINA– Everyone is feeling the effects from the weak economy. Mass lamination services of copper clad laminate (CCL) are predicted to see a 30% decline during the third quarter, according to a DIGITIMES’ report, as PCB makers cut back on outsourcing. Elite Material (EMC) has postponed a new mass lamination production line until October, as well as curtailed expansion at its Zhongshan, China, plant, possibly resulting in a decline in the company’s utilization rate and profits for the second half of 2008. Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) plans to increase its production process and new customer base, while improving management and capacity usage at the Hsinchu plant, as a way to counteract its reported $3.73 million in losses for 2007

ENDICOTT, NY– Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) experienced a 73% increase in revenue in 2007 and reports significant revenue for this year. The company plans to extend its workforce through a job fair and by modifying current employment practices. EI hopes to fill a projected 150 professional and full-time manufacturing positions during an upcoming job fair on September 25, at EI. In addition, current, qualified temporary workers will be given full-time, permanent status, and temporary positions will be restricted to jobs that have been assigned a pre-defined time period.
 
“These changes in our employment practices and need for additional positions result from increased demand in the defense and high-end computing markets for printed circuit board fabrication and assembly operations,” explains Felicia Williams, VP of Human Resources.

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