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TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (the trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported October sales were up 29.1% year-over-year to $5.2 billion.

Sales were up 7.6% sequentially, the company said, on demand for networking and consumer electronics. PC sales were stable, the company said. 

Year-to-date, sales are up 27.5%.
The firm, the world's largest ODM/EMS company, said sales through the remainder of calendar 2008 would grow as well.

Foxconn Technology, the EMS subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics, said October consolidated sales were up 25.9% year-over-year to NT$16.72 billion. Year to date sales are up 18.%.



BANNOCKBURN, IL — A new guidebook that covers the European Union's registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (REACH) regulations has been released by IPC.

The document was developed at the direction of an IPC task force to combat "a widespread lack of awareness and understanding of REACH within the industry."

"REACH & the Electronics Industry Supply Chain: The Basics, the Impact and How to Survive," includes a timetable of activities and a review of REACH implications and obligations for each segment of the supply chain.

The deadline for REACH preregistration is Nov. 30.

For information, visit the IPC bookstore at ipc.org/onlinestore.

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