Worldwide shipments of cars equipped with systems capable of remote control via a cell phone or other device are set to rise to 20.7 million units in 2016, up from 85,000 in …
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Trends & Observations
25% of cars with cell phone remote control embedded telematics by 2016
Asia market trends in printed circuit boards
Unfortunately, the flowers are not in full bloom for Japanese printed circuit board manufacturers. They continue to dig themselves out of a hole while their Asian counterparts …
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Semiconductor recovery: Strong year-end performance expected
Although global semiconductor revenue is set to decline in 2009 for the second consecutive year, quarterly year-over-year growth is expected to finally return to the market in …
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China semiconductors market at $80 billion in 2010
China semiconductor market to grow by 17.8%. Automotive electronics only major application market to generate an increase in semiconductor demand in 2009. Wireless communications semiconductor market to decline to …
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Organic electronics and today’s electronic devices
Most of the organic molecules are electrically inert, and this is the reason why insulated materials such as the base substrates in printed circuit boards are made of plastic resins. However, some of …
Trend report: Regional manufacturing productivity, hourly compensation, labor costs
Greatest decline in total hours worked occurred in U.S. manufacturing. Total manufacturing labor compensation declined in Japan, Canada, United Kingdom. U.S. manufacturing sector improved unit labor cost competitiveness against all economies compared except Korea and the United Kingdom.
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Jobs in Japan: College grads facing worst job market in years
In early 2002, small glimmers of hope appeared in the Japanese job market and, as Japan’s economy improved a bit…things began to look brighter, but as …
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Cautiously optimistic: Taiwan printed circuit board business trends
Unfortunately, market indexes for August reveal more than a 20% decline in volume compared to the same month last year. Only larger, industry-leading manufacturers are seeing …
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Bumping along the bottom: Electronics supply chain summer / fall ‘09 survey results
While some pundits have announced the recession is over, the electronics supply chain has a different view. We asked our readers to comment on the current economic situation, from their perspective in the electronics supply chain. According to those surveyed, the near-term future outlook is …
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Review and projections for Japanese printed circuit board business
In the short term, the single-sided flexible circuits segment will perform adequately relative to sales; however, all signs point to a down turn next year and …
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