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viasystems' Faces
Challenging Third Quarter
"regarding Viasystems' operating activities in the
third quarter, we had to overcome several chal-
lenges, including a temporary work stoppage
by employees in our largest factory in china, a
sudden downturn of demand for products as-
sembled in our Juarez, mexico factory, and a tem-
porary disruption in the supply chain for certain
raw materials used to produce our printed circuit
boards," says david m. Sindelar, ceo.
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Dragon Circuits' Drone
Division Experiments
with Deliveries
the company announces the successful comple-
tion of 14 autonomous and semi-autonomous
delivery test runs with payloads ranging from a
few ounces to a few pounds. With the recent in-
terest in drone-based delivery by internet giants
like amazon and google, dragon circuits looks to
capitalize on a forthcoming demand with the ex-
pansion of their drone department.
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TTM Reports Sequential
Increase in Q3 Revenue
net sales for the third quarter of 2014 were $345.3
million compared to $297.6 million in the second
quarter of 2014 and $338.7 million in the third
quarter of 2013.
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Q3 PCB/EMS Market
Snapshot
i-connect007's latest market survey—a one-min-
ute survey designed to provide a snapshot of the
current state of the Pcb and emS industries—of-
fers a good sampling to give us a snapshot of
where we've been and where we're headed.
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