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TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) reported December revenues fell 9.7% sequentially to NT$133.1 billion (US$4.2 billion).

Sales were up 8.98% year-over-year.

Read more: Foxconn's December, 2009 Sales Off

ST. LOUIS -- Viasystems' fourth-quarter sales rose 8% sequentially to $131 million and bookings suggest more to come, company executives said.

Read more: Viasystems' Sales Up 8% in Q4

SYLMAR, CA – PCB manufacturer ISU Petasys has received International Traffic in Arm Regulation (ITAR) Registration from the US Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance for their facility here. 

The firm supports defense-related customers and already has MIL-PRF-55110 certification. 


 

ROGERS, CT -- Rogers guided for full year 2010 sales of $320 million, up $28 million from 2009.

Read more: Rogers Ups Q4 Guidance, Predicts 2010 Gains

PELHAM, NH – The US Air Force has awarded PhotoMachining Inc. a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research grant.

“Innovative Methods for Automated Controlled Removal of Thermal Barrier Coatings and Bondcoats from Turbine Airfoils for Rework and Repair” is a nine-month effort to develop a laser-based removal process that removes TBCs from aircraft engine turbine airfoils at high speeds. 

Financial terms of the grant were not disclosed.

If successful, a Phase II contract will be pursued to commercialize the technology.

The technique has applications in high-speed hole drilling, coating removal and surface modification.

PhotoMachining performs laser micromachining and custom laser system integration.

WARRINGTON, PA -- Flexible Circuits Inc. has installed an Integrated Process Systems' plating system, the companies said today.

The installation included a dedicated preclean system, turnkey ventilation system and dedicated tin-plate system.

Utah-based IPS, the former VCM and Western Technology Associates, sells vertical and horizontal wet processing process equipment. 

Flexible Circuits manufactures circuit boards in a 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Warrington. 

 

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