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ImI's 2014 revenues
Up 13%; Expects Growth
to continue
"The year 2014 was a banner year for IMI as we
outperformed the eMS industry's single-digit
growth rate and our financial targets. our global
presence and market diversity took advantage of
the recovery of the international markets and elec-
tronics segments," says Arthur Tan, IMI president
and chief executive officer.
6
key Tronic Enjoys 46%
revenue Growth in Q2 FY 2015
As expected, the company had a strong sequen-
tial improvement in operating efficiencies. for the
second quarter of fiscal year 2015, gross margin
was 8% and operating margin was 2%, up from
5% and (2%), respectively, in the first quarter of
fiscal year 2015.
7
cTS reports Earnings Growth,
Progress on Business Wins
"We are pleased with the results for 2014. We de-
livered strong earnings growth despite softer than
anticipated sales," said kieran o'Sullivan, Ceo of
CTS Corporation.
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nOTE's 2014 Sales Up 6%
Despite Weaker Sales in Q4
"In 2014, we advanced against the competition
on a fairly stable european market. We regard our
sales performance in Q4 as a temporary decrease,
our strong order backlog at year-end indicates a
positive volume performance in 2015," says noTe
President and Ceo Peter laveson.
9
nEPcOn china 2015 Puts
Spotlight on materials
nePCon China 2015 will take place in hall 1 of
Shanghai expo Center from 21–23 April 2015.
The event will feature the latest technologies and
products in SMT, surface welding, electronic mea-
surement, automatic electronic production, static
electricity prevention, and new materials.
J
Flextronics, STmicro Develop
Plug-In charger Platform
"We're happy to have partnered with the ST team in
jointly developing this revolutionary charger platform
with zero no-load power consumption," said nate
vince, president of flextronics Power. "flextronics is
focused on driving innovation and delivering high-
quality and energy efficient power for our customers
as they compete in a highly dynamic market."
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