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Flextronics Joins Daintree
Networks' Partner Program
Daintree networks, the leader in open networked
wireless control and operation solutions for smart
buildings, today announced that flextronics, a
leading innovative supply chain solutions com-
pany, has officially joined its ControlScope Con-
nected partner program.
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STI Electronics Earns IPC's
Validations Services QmL
ipC's Validation Services program has awarded
an ipC J-STD-001, ipC-A-610, and ipC J-STD-001
Space Addendum Qualified Manufacturers listing
(QMl) to STi Electronics inc. (STi), an electronics
manufacturer and ipc Training center in Madison,
alabama.
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Bellerophon Taps
Flextronics to manufacture
mark2
bellerophon Therapeutics inc. has selected flex-
tronics international ltd. as its manufacturing
partner for the inopulse Mark2, the company's
next-generation pulsatile nitric oxide delivery de-
vice. bellerophon and flextronics have entered
into an agreement under which flextronics will
manufacture, repair and service the Mark2 devices
to be used in bellerophon's inopulse clinical de-
velopment programs.
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ImI Outperforms EmS
industry's Growth Rate in 2014
"The company's remarkable growth is a result of
various drivers—a wider and more diversified geo-
graphic footprint, a steady increase in demand from
original equipment manufacturer customers, and a
deep focus on product innovation and customer
service. More importantly, we have improved our
use of manufacturing technology and design intel-
ligence in our products and operations," said Jaime
augusto Zobel de ayala, chairman of iMi.
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SmTC Suffers from 15.6%
Revenue Drop in Fy2014
revenue for the year was $228.6 million, a 15.6%
decrease from 2013. The majority of the decrease
in revenue was due to reduced volumes with two
customers. The gross profit percentage for 2014
was 8.3%, compared to 5.6% in the prior year,
as a result of cost cutting and improvements in
manufacturing efficiencies.
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NOTE Posts Sales Growth in
2014; Sees Positive 2015
"in 2014, we advanced against the competition
on a fairly stable european market. after a strong
third quarter with 17% sales growth, we antici-
pated stable but weaker sales performance in Q4.
Sales in Q4 were down 3% year on year, for the
full year, sales were up by over 6%," commented
by noTe's ceo, peter laveson.
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