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DATASWEEP INKS CANADIAN OPERATIONS DEAL

SAN JOSE - Sanmina-SCI Corporation has selected Datasweep Inc.to provide manufacturing management and customer interface solutions at its SCI plant in Montreal, Canada. The Datasweep solution will give Sanmina-SCI's customers up-to-the-minute process and product knowledge from the Sanmina-SCI facility's manufacturing operations. Datasweep is the leader in operations performance management solutions for manufacturers. Datasweep solutions enable global manufacturers to collect, aggregate, analyze and act on product and operational data from the entire product lifecycle and supply chain, improving process efficiencies and product quality, reducing product lifecycle costs and ensuring regulatory compliance. Headquartered in San Jose, Datasweep serves customers in the telecommunications, high-tech, life sciences, and automotive, and other industries, including Flextronics International Ltd., General Electric, Harris Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, KLA-Tencor Corporation, Lucent, Plexus, Siemens Medical Group USA Inc., SonoSite, and St. Jude Medical.

KOREA AUTO SALES CLIMB ON STRONG US EXPORTS 

SEOUL - South Korean car makers, led by Hyundai Motor Co Ltd, saw their sales climb 10% in April as strong exports more than offset weak domestic sales in a slowing economy, reports Reuters. Racy new models, improved quality and high incentives have helped to make South Korea the world's fifth-largest automobile producer behind the US, Japan, Germany and France. The country's five car makers - Hyundai Motor Co.,Kia Motors Corp., Daewoo, Renault Samsung, and Ssangyong Motor Co. - sold a combined 348,821 vehicles in April, up 10% from 316,942 a year earlier, according to data they issued separately. Sales at Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, rose 14.9% in April to 189,286 units, powered by strong exports of the popular Santa Fe sport utility vehicle and the Sonata mid-sized sedan. Hyundai, 10% owned by US-German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG, said exports in April shot up 41% to 128,988 units, making up for a 17.7% decline in domestic sales. The South Korean automaker had its best April ever in the US, where sales gained 8.7% from a year earlier to 35,001 units, even as overall US auto sales fell sharply for a fourth consecutive month. Hyundai ranks seventh in US auto sales with a 2.5% market share, just behind Japan's Nissan, but ahead of Mitsubishi and Germany's Volkswagen AG. Combined domestic sales at the country's five auto makers fell 14.7% to 128,926 units in April, though that was more than matched by a 32.7% jump in exports to 219,895. Sales at Kia Motors Corp., a Hyundai affiliate and the second-largest South Korean auto maker, rose 7.7% last month from a year earlier, to 99,648 units. Third-ranked GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co, which was launched after General Motors Corp., took over ailing Daewoo Motor Co, saw sales in April climb slightly to 37,025 units. Renault Samsung Motors Inc, one of the country's smallest automakers, said it sold 10,075 vehicles last month, up 16% from a year earlier. Sales at SUV maker Ssangyong Motor fell almost 9% to 12,787 units during the month.

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