Delta sees improving gross margin in 3Q08 and beyond

Delta Electronics expects its gross margin to improve on-quarter starting the third quarter of this year after seeing its gross market decline five percentage points to a low of 17% in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to company CEO Yancey Hai.

Increasing shipments of power supply products for notebooks and LCD TVs should help boost revenues as well as gross margin starting the third quarter and beyond, Hai added.

For the first half of this year, gross margin stood at 17.7% compared to 21.8% a year earlier After-tax profits declined 20.2% on year to NT$5.43 billion (US$173.5 million), according to company data.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. (PinkSheets: LINK), a worldwide provider of intuitive interface components and solutions, today announced results for the quarter and six-month period ended June 30, 2008.

The company reported total second quarter revenues of $6.7 million, up 76 percent from $3.8 million in the second quarter of 2007. Gross profit increased to $3.1 million from $1.3 million in the same quarter last year. The Company's operating loss was $972,000, down from $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2007. These results include charges for share-based compensation of $115,000 and $525,000 in the second quarters of 2008 and 2007, respectively. Interlink's net loss in the second quarter of 2008 was $522,000, with a basic and diluted loss per share of ($0.04), compared to a net loss of $2.2 million and a loss per share of ($0.16) in the same quarter last year.

Hammond Electronics family of 19in rack cases

The family of 19in rack cases from Hammond Electronics are available in 1, 2 and 3U heights and depths of 203mm, 330mm and 457mm.

They are suitable for housing a wide range of equipment, either mounted in a 19in rack or, if required, the units can be used as a desktop enclosure.

The all aluminium construction consists of a heavy-duty extruded frame, removable vented or plain top and bottom covers and optional 19in rack mounting angles and self-adhesive rubber feet.

Skill development body takes shape

Equity shares in equal proportion are being offered to private players/bodies in automobiles, construction, electronics hardware, gems and jewellery, health care, leather and leather goods, textiles, hospitality, engineering and biotechnology sectors.

Besides Assocham and CII, industry bodies such as the Society of Indian automobile manufacturers (SIAM) and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) have already agreed to take stake in NSDC.

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Shapeways offers cheap 3D printing

But Shapeways, a part of Philips Electronics, is for individual users.

The service charges less than $3 per cubic centimeter for materials. That means you can get your model bookends printed for less than $200, even much less than that if you make it very, very, tiny.

If you are short on ideas or skills, the site offers a growing library of free templates from designers.

With the downloadable Java tool Sideways Creator, you can personalize gifts with custom etchings.

I expect Shapeways' "light poem" tea light holder will be a hit. The Sideways Creator tool has a window into which you can punch in your salute to the Red Sox, or birthday greetings for your mom.

The tool then shows you a 3D rendering of the product, as it has been shaped by your words.