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br> Canadian EMS-provider Celestica will close its assembly line in Saumur, France at the end of July. 200 workers will be fired from the plant on July 31. Celestica will transfer the production from Saumur to its two factories based in Czech Republic.

Finnish EMS Elcoteq will add some 650 workers to its Pécs plant in Hungary.

Glyn has become the official distributor for Cyan Technology, a British supplier of microcontrollers, in Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia. Glyn is growing faster than the market. In 2005, the German specialty distributor increased its sales of over 30% to EUR 100.6 million.

Rutronik consolidates the management of its international distribution activities into one key pan-European position. Frank Rotthoff, an experienced industry insider has been appointed to the post of Sales Director Europe with effect from 1 May 2006. He is responsible for the entire distribution region spanning 23 European countries except Germany and reports directly to Thomas Rudel, Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.

Nu Horizons Electronics, a global US distributor of advanced technology active semiconductor, display and system solutions, announced a non-binding letter of intent to acquire DT Electronics, a franchised technical distributor of electronic components based in Coventry, United Kingdom. For its most recent fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, DT Electronics has reported revenues of approximately US$25 million. Established in 1987, DT Electronics' products come from suppliers of semiconductors, power supplies and passive components.

Advanced Battery Technologies, a Chinese developer and manufacturer of rechargeable Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lefeber Management, a Dutch company located at Laiden, the Netherlands, for LML to act as ABAT's agent to distribute ABAT's polymer lithium-ion battery, and nanometer material battery in the region of Europe for a period of two years.

Advanced Battery Technologies, founded in September 2002, manufactures rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries for electric vehicles, motorcycles, mine-use lamps, cell phones, notebook computers, and other personal electronic devices.