Karachi, Oct 20 (PTI) The Pakistan cricket Board (PCB) will earn approximately USD 5.5 million from their tour to England next year when they play separate series against the hosts and Australia.
The PCB will be paid a participation fee of USD 3.6 million to play four Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches against England and is guaranteed a minimum of USD 1.9 million earnings from the two Tests and two Twenty20 matches against Australia.
According to a memorandum of understanding between the PCB and the England and Wales Cricket Board, …

Test Research Inc. (TRI, TAIEX 3030) announced that the new TR9000 PCB AOI test system and repair station will be featured at the TPCA show to be held in Taipei, Taiwan from Oct. 21-23, 2009. TRI will also display a range of feature-rich test systems for printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) at TRI’s booth J116.
The TR9000 is an AOI (Automated
Optical Inspection) system designed for high-volume manufacturers of mainstream PCBs. Designed entirely in-house, the TR9000 implements TRI’s existing AOI expertise to inspect PCBs down to 35?ݭ (microns). Red and blue LEDs …

SHUNDE, CHINA: Gas appliances have been added to the Shunde show this year to help stimulate interest from external parties, according to Michael Dreyer of the show’s organiser, Koelnmesse.
Although gas appliances make up a large proportion of all manufacturing in the region, the focus of the show previously had primarily been on Shunde’s other great strength, small appliances. Dreyer said that because the demand was there, Shunde decided to introduce a dedicated gas section.
“Product here is very much concentrated on gas appliances on one side and small appliances on the …

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6b12cf/domestic_electrica) has
announced the addition of the “Domestic Electrical Appliances (White Goods) in
Greece 2008” report to their offering.
White goods (refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers, kitchens, hoods
and vents, microwave ovens) are a significant part of the electrical and
electronic domestic appliances sector. The assessed market is mainly supplied by
a large number of importers. A rather small number of companies manufacture
specific sector product categories, while several of them also import appliances
from abroad. The key points of the study are presented in relation to the
demand, the supply, as well as the domestic …

In August, China announced that the country’s GDP grew by an astonishing 7.9% and claimed that a recovery was in full swing. But is it? And of great import for you—what will all this mean for molders around the globe?
China will reestablish itself quickly as the exporter with the lowest prices and will exert massive pressure on molders in key markets for molded products such as Europe and the United States. But for now we do not think that China will be able to quickly regain its former role as …