PRODUCT marketing business GUD Holdings has made a takeover offer for Breville Group, to create what it says would be a major Australasian small appliances business.
GUD says it’s offering one share for every four Breville shares, valuing Breville at $2.20 per share, or at $322 million on an enterprise basis.
GUD says it is an “attractive premium” of 206 per cent to the Breville closing price of 72 cents on May 28, 2009, the day before GUD announced it had acquired 19.4 per cent of Breville.
It is a 47 per cent …

Oklahoma stands to benefit from more than $300 million worth of projects meant to beef up the region’s transmission grid, but most folks in the know seem to be dwelling on the one that got away: A project that would have upgraded power lines between Woodward and the Panhandle, spurring the development of wind power in the region.
MultimediaPhotoview all photos “This is such an important issue to the state, and the region, that we really need to get it on the list,” said Phil Crissup, director of regional transmission affairs …

(1888PressRelease) October 08, 2009 – PCB (printed circuit boards) Market in Asia – 60% of the world’s PCB’s fabrication is produced in the uppermost manufacturing bases – Taiwan and China. Taiwan’s most famous PCB Manufacturing company D-Ying Electronic, At Oct, 2009 have Launch a new PCB prototype inquiry platform to provide an Experienced Supplier from PCB Prototype to PCB Fabrication. Provide the Quick Turn Lead Times for PCB Prototype Manufacturing.
PCB research and Markets found that the market for flex and flex-rigid PCB (printed circuit boards) for all sectors has increased …

FARMINGTON — Landowners on Wednesday had an opportunity to review and comment on proposed routes for more than 80 miles of new electricity transmission lines designed to connect utility stations near Shiprock and Ignacio, Colo.
Hoping to improve infrastructure for southwestern Colorado electricity users, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has worked to develop the new power lines that will direct more electricity from the PNM San Juan Generating Station into the Colorado grid, which includes established electric transfer stations in Ignacio, Durango, Hesperus and Bayfield, Colo.
But there’s a lot of land …

Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) generated revenues of NT$2.7 billion (US$83 million) in September 2009, up 3.16% on month, mainly due to growing demand for graphics and handset IC products, according to the company.
NPC indicated shipments of both HDI boards and flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates used in handsets increased significantly in September, and demand for consumer electronics PCBs was also strong. In terms of the PC segment, orders for FC substrates used in graphics card ICs improved while chipsets stayed flat.
However, the …