SHANGHAI, CHINA – Huawei Communication recently awarded the Huawei Supply Support Award for the first quarter to AT&S.
The award recognizes the company’s quick response times, flexibility and on time delivery when dealing with large volume orders. AT&S also received a top rating of A in Huawei’s Quarterly Quality Score Card, an overall supplier performance tool that focuses several factors including performance, quality and design capacity.
The company supplies high-end HDI PCBs for Huawei’s E180 3G data card. The E180 is the slimmest data card and supports the complete range of HSPA/UMTS and GSM/GPRS/EDGE network technologies.
AT&S was ranked in the top 15 PCB producers world wide in 2007, having shown steady growth over the previous three-year period.
Ken Maylor has been named president of the company, he is replacing Adi Kahn who has stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Maylor is a 17-year veteran of Orbotech, holding various positions in customer support and sales. He has been vice president of PCB sales in the Americas since 2008.
In addition, Margaret Duncan was recently promoted to executive vice president of operations. She will oversee customer support, operations and human resources. Duncan has been with the company for 20 years.
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canadian Circuits Inc. has named Michael Schoen as its sales person for Western Canada. He will report to Pam Arya, sales manager.
Prior to joining Canadian Circuits, Schoen held key sales positions within the automotive, aerospace, design and packaging industries. In addition, he brings extensive territory management experience within Western Canada.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Notebook PCB makers are expecting an improved third quarter resulting from the launch of ultra-thin notebooks and the increase in seasonal demand, reports DigiTimes.
HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) are expecting third-quarter notebook shipments to climb 15%.
HannStar forecast ultra-thin notebook shipments to double for the quarter to 700,000 units. It has also increased monthly HDI capacity to 250,000 square feet.
GCE predicts third-quarter notebook HDI board shipments to reach 800,000 units. Overall notebook shipments are expected to reach 8 million units.