Electronics Sector
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Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
Analyst: Tardiness in SSD game hurt Seagate
News Hard-drive maker's impending closure of manufacturing facility in Singapore, which includes 2,000 layoffs, was in part due to its late adoption of solid-state drives.
Tags: Storage, Memory, Sales/revenue, Western Digital Corp., Manufacturing, Seagate Technology LLC, Singapore, net income, financial, analyst
APAC manufacturing sector to cut back
News IDC reduces its forecast for IT spending growth in the Asia-Pacific region as manufacturers tighten their belts due to economic downturn.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Cost control, Manufacturing Sector, Electronics, IT-spending, Manufacturing, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Hardware
Intel shuts plants in the Philippines, Malaysia
News Close to 3,000 employees in the two countries will be affected, as chipmaker restructures its manufacturing operations--a move that also impacts two U.S. plants.
Tags: Processors, Budgeting/cost control, Operations, Global strategic management, Intel Corp., Asia, Philippines, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, Malaysia
Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
Greenpeace: IT firms not tackling climate change
News In its quarterly report on green IT, Greenpeace has criticized Dell, Microsoft, Apple and others for failing to cut emissions
Tags: Green IT, E-waste, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Electronics, Apple MacBook, sustainability team, Nokia Corp., information technology, Dell Computer Corp.
Philippine semicon braces for tougher times
News Semiconductor and electronics sector is one of hardest hit by falling global demand, says Philippine industry group, but adds economic crisis is "cyclical".
Tags: Processors, Asia, Electronics, Philippines, Electronics Industry, Semiconductor, layoff, SEIPI, Worker, revenue
M'sia telecom spending to stay resilient in 2009
News Country's telecommunication operators will look to managed services as new revenue streams, while sector is expected to grow to US$6.7 billion, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Communications, Sales/revenue, Mobile, Telecommunications, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Broadband
Retailers must innovate amid downturn
News Through ICT, Malaysian retailers can be leaner and more agile to respond to changing market forces and provide services that better meet changing consumer needs.
Tags: Strategic analysis, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data warehousing/business intelligence, Software, eBay Inc., Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, Lifestyle Segmentation, sales revenue
Mixed reactions to Malaysia's ICT stimulus
News Government's US$16.2 billion "mini-budget" won't be sufficient to shield vendors from effects of recession, says country's national IT association Pikom.
Tags: Government, IT budgeting, Stimulus, Stimulus Plan, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Malaysia, Procurement, Wong, ePerolehan System
Malaysia: Growth in IT spending to be negative?
News For first time in decade, IDC expects IT spend in country to shrink between 1.8 percent and 3 percent this year, but adds a recovery is likely as early as 2010.
Tags: Investments, Business Strategies & Functions, Business, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Broadband, Malaysia, Government, Hardware
Mass layoffs threaten M'sian electronics sector
News The electronics sector may see mass retrenchments in Malaysia if the sluggish economic conditions continue, according to the Malaysia Institute of Economic Research (MIER).
Massive retrenchments loom over M'sian electronics sector
News The electronics sector may see mass retrenchments in Malaysia if the sluggish economic conditions continue, according to the Malaysia Institute of Economic Research (MIER).
Short Take: S'pore electronics output to hit S$150b in 2010
News The electronics sector is expected to continue performing over the next decade, and the Economic Development Board projects that Singapore's output will hit S$150 billion in 2010.
Group slams M'sia on electronics union ban
News An international union body has hit out at Malaysia for the continued ban on a national union for the country's 150,000 electronics workers.
