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Mr.Business

新闻。

Spansion to axe almost half of Penang workforce
By Marina Emmanuel
Published: 2009/02/27

More layoffs are expected in Penang by the end of this week, when US flash memory chipmaker Spansion Inc sheds almost half of its Penang workforce.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the State Manpower Department has informed state authorities that a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) is being instituted by the company in Penang and about 600 workers will be affected.

"We are still waiting for them to complete the VSS," he told reporters after opening the World Congress on Science, Engineering, and Technology (WCSET) 2009 in Penang yesterday.

Lim was asked what measures were being taken by the state government to assist the affected workers.

Spansion is estimated to have a 1,300 headcount in Penang.
On Monday, the debt-laden Spansion announced that it would lay off 3,000 or 35 per cent of its global workforce.

It was reported that Spansion is considering putting itself up for sale, in the face of a deepening recession which is facing the global chip industry.

Its Japanese arm filed for bankruptcy protection on February 9 with total liabilities of US$810 million (RM2.9 billion), following in the heels of Germany's Qimonda in becoming the latest victim of the global chip sector's downturn.

Analysts described it as the biggest failure by a manufacturer in Japan in 2009.

Fujitsu is reported to own about 11.4 per cent of Spansion Inc, and Advanced Micro Devices about 8.7 per cent.

"The global recession is forcing us to make this very difficult decision in order to bring our costs in line with the current expectations for significantly reduced revenues," Spansion's chief executive officer John Kispert said in a statement this week.

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current ... /Article/index_html


Penang govt awaits Spansion VSS details         
Written by Regina William   
Friday, 27 February 2009 13:08

GEORGE TOWN: The state government is still waiting for details of Spansion (Penang) Sdn Bhd’s voluntary separation scheme (VSS) announced to its 1,300 staff on Tuesday, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Lim said according to the Labour Department, more than 600 people across the board would be affected.

The Edge Financial Daily reported on Wednesday that Spansion Penang offered the VSS to over 700 workers of its 1,300 staff after its parent Spansion Inc in the US said it would cut its global workforce by 35% affecting about 3,000 employees at its factories.

In an email reply, Spansion Inc director public relations Holly Burkhart said the group began shedding its workforce on Feb 23.

“This regrettable but unavoidable decision that affected not only our rank-and-file employees but members of the company’s management team is a worldwide action affecting most locations. The majority of the positions affected are at Spansion’s global manufacturing sites, as the company resizes the organisation due to current market conditions,” Burkhart said.

When asked about the severance package and when the exercise would be completed, Burkhart said Spansion was not disclosing details of the exercise but would follow all legal guidelines based on geographic location.

She also declined to reveal what production processes would halt in Penang or transferred elsewhere.

http://www.theedgedaily.com/poli ... on-vss-details.html


Laid-off employees outraged over execs' pay increases
By Steve Johnson
Mercury News
Posted: 02/26/2009 06:01:17 PM PST

Earlier this week, as 3,000 employees of Spansion, the Sunnyvale semiconductor company, were being laid off, many of their bosses were getting pay increases.

That juxtaposition — against the backdrop of the deteriorating economy and nationwide anger about greedy executives — has triggered outrage among the workers who have been let go.

Scores of the laid-off workers jammed a West San Jose pizza parlor Thursday to join two class-action lawsuits against the firm and to vent their anger.

"It's just callous," said 38-year-old Eric Rebaker of Boulder Creek, who lost his job as a Spansion plant maintenance specialist. "To hurt all these families — it makes me absolutely angry."

The employee layoffs, constituting about 35 percent of Spansion's global workforce, were announced as a cost-cutting measure in a company news release Monday. In a separate filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the same day, Spansion disclosed that its board had rescinded a six-month 10 percent pay cut imposed in October on some managers.

The decision to restore the pay was "to provide an incentive for executive officers and certain other key employees to remain employed by the company," the filing said.

Layoffs 'regrettable'

In a prepared statement Thursday, Spansion called the layoffs — which affected 615 California employees — "regrettable." But it added that "the board of directors made a strategic decision to restore the full salaries of our key executives to ensure their continued commitment to the company's future."

In an interview, Russ Barck, Spansion's chief of staff, declined to say how many people had their pay restored, except to note that it was "a very small subset of the company."

Although "none of us feel good about the reduction in force," Barck said, "it was one of those things we felt from a business perspective we had to do." He added that Spansion is confident the layoffs were done lawfully.

However, two class-action suits filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose on behalf of fired Spansion employees dispute that. Both claim that Spansion failed to adhere to federal and state law, known as the WARN Act, requiring large employers to give a two-month notice before laying off more than 50 workers.

"What we're seeking on behalf of the folks who were recently let go by Spansion are damages in the form of back pay and other benefits that they likely were entitled to but didn't receive," said Eric Gibbs, a San Francisco lawyer handling the cases.

Company spokeswoman Holly Burkhart said Spansion filed a WARN Act notice Monday, but that it has an "exemption" to the 60-day notice requirement. The company would not elaborate.

Neither suit addresses the issue of the executives' pay being restored. But the attorneys handling the suits said that issue may become relevant later in court.

"Right now I just think that's a very unsavory aspect of it," said San Francisco attorney Ken Sugarman, who filed one of the suits. He questioned Spansion's claim that restoring the pay would help keep key employees from leaving.

With so few companies hiring in this economy, Sugarman asked, "Where are they going to go?"

Maker of flash chips

Spansion was formed by Sunnyvale computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu, the Japanese technology company, in 1993 under the name Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Limited. In 2003, AMD and Fujitsu renamed it Spansion, and the firm became an independent public company in December 2005.

Its bread and butter is so-called flash memory chips used to store data in cell phones, cars, printers and other electronic devices. But it has struggled, especially during the worldwide recession, which has reduced consumer demand for gadgets containing such chips.

The company has consistently lost money since it went public and was $133 million in the red for the third quarter of 2008, the most recent period for which it has disclosed financial data. The company's stock closed Thursday at 5 cents; its 52-week high is $3.70.

In addition to the layoffs, Spansion recently announced it would delay paying some of its debt and consider selling itself or merging with another company.

Making sure its top executives stick around during tough times could be an important selling point if Spansion wants to attract a buyer, said Jim Balassone, an executive in residence at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

But Spansion's decision to pay the executives more while laying off others doesn't look good, he said, adding, "It appears there is no shared sacrifice."

A lot of those who lost their jobs feel the same way.

"It's greed," said Jose Alejandrino, 50, of San Ramon, who said he worked in a Spansion testing area. He worries how he will pay his mortgage and three kids' college bills.

"I've had a really hard time sleeping the last few nights," added 54-year-old Paula Rao of Santa Clara. "I guess the bottom line is they have money to reward the execs that trashed the company, but not a crumb for the employees that truly deserved better."

http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_11794903?nclick_check=1

[ 本帖最后由 Mr.Business 于 27-2-2009 03:35 PM 编辑 ]

whloh4810

infra的没有被裁。。。manufacturing support那里的影响一点点。。。

[ 本帖最后由 whloh4810 于 7-3-2009 09:15 AM 编辑 ]

penangbjboy

股价从去年的usd4.29 降到usd0.06

Spansion Inc.(NMS: SPSN)
After Hours: 0.00 N/A (N/A) 7:00pm EThelp

Last Trade:	0.064
Trade Time:	4:00PM ET
Change:	0.003 (4.48%)
Prev Close:	0.067
Open:	0.07
Bid:	0.01 x 200
Ask:	2.05 x 200
1y Target Est:	1.13

Day's Range:	0.055 - 0.07
52wk Range:	0.06 - 4.29
Volume:	1,840,315
Avg Vol (3m):	1,505,930
Market Cap:	10.31M
P/E (ttm):	N/A
EPS (ttm):	-2.702
Div & Yield:	N/A (N/A)

penangbjboy

Spansion的股价baru才usd0.0197 nya

Spansion Inc.(NasdaqGS: SPSN)
After Hours: 0.00 N/A (N/A) 7:00pm EThelp

Last Trade:	0.0197
Trade Time:	Mar 2
Change:	0.00 (0.00%)
Prev Close:	0.0197
Open:	N/A
Bid:	N/A
Ask:	N/A
1y Target Est:	0.48

Day's Range:	N/A - N/A
52wk Range:	0.02 - 3.70
Volume:	0
Avg Vol (3m):	1,796,640
Market Cap:	3.17M
P/E (ttm):	N/A
EPS (ttm):	-2.702
Div & Yield:	N/A (N/A

3irb

原帖由 my988 于 6-3-2009 02:28 PM 发表
听说,R&D也占10个人头。。。

有人认识Ｌａｗ　ＷｅｉＳｅｎｇ　吗？？　我朋友在Ｒ＆Ｄ做．．．不懂有没有中招．．

亮帅

可是，这是Dell的高层讲的。而且，bukit minyak 的厂也没有这么多人吧？

政府要盖？怎么盖？难啊。

只是，新闻就可以基于“消息”及路边社新闻就来报吗？

刀神

原帖由 亮帅 于 1-3-2009 11:55 PM 发表
其实，这新闻的消息说可靠吗？如果说是里头的员工消息，那《光华日报》有没有找Spansion人事部询问呢？

而且，Dell会裁1万多人？The Star 报道说Dell在马来西亚只有5000人而已：http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/s ...

新闻都传通天了，你还在问可不可靠     政府当然是盖的就盖， 这个大浪来到林冠英讲多少也没用。

f_ly

原帖由 dreamladies 于 4-3-2009 10:57 AM 发表
收到forward mail, 一针见血，Spansioneer 的心声

暴风侵袭的前夕
这星期将会是在这公司任职以来最令人刻骨铭心，抑或该形容为痛彻心痱的一周，或许没亲眼目睹的你难以想象这眼前的一幕。 订在周二（周一 ...

希望10号的迷你財政預算案可以为他们和我们大家带来好消息吧

[ 本帖最后由 f_ly 于 4-3-2009 03:59 PM 编辑 ]

desaintlights

佳拉了。。。。。

可怜下。。。。。。。。。

亮帅

其实，这新闻的消息说可靠吗？如果说是里头的员工消息，那《光华日报》有没有找Spansion人事部询问呢？

而且，Dell会裁1万多人？The Star 报道说Dell在马来西亚只有5000人而已：http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/s ... ss/3369104&sec=

为什么就是没有查证过就登这类新闻的呢？天...

whloh4810

等着最新消息。。。.

江湖

你好!

很多人们的动作, 让我联想到相命师,
难怪相命师只讲好的东西给你听

人就是那么的有趣

Mr.Business

嗨，大家和气生财，我还希望有Kawan Spansion来这里分享消息，所以请大家和和气气。谢谢大家。

风雨逍遥

原帖由 AMDME 于 3-3-2009 08:47 AM 发表
Mr. Biz 每天都去Google Finance copy and paste 的。。。。yahoo finance 也有一大堆。。。
本人也是觉得Mr Biz 有点扇风点火的感觉 （唯恐天下不乱）。。。。 我虽然是以前的员工，却也很心痛和不开心

难道要像我们所尊敬的副首相酱，一直说马乃下没有受到精溶风暴很大的影响咩。。。

明明明

我想惟恐天下不乱的人自己会心知,

谢谢楼主的跟进,我是是从您的贴追踪最新的消息!

penangbjboy

飛索破產 南茂：提列7300萬美元呆帳損失
2009-03-02 16:19:02 　
(中央社記者張建中新竹2日電)飛索半導體(Spansion)向美國破產法院聲請破產保護，與飛索往來密切的南茂科技 (ChipMOS)恐將面臨7300萬美元呆帳損失，公司預計在去年第4季財報中全數提列損失。 國內半導體封測廠南茂科技指出，編碼型快閃記憶體 (NOR Flash)飛索半導體是公司的最大客戶，去年第3季所佔業績比重約21%。

燊jshen15

原帖由 khawyc 于 6-3-2009 05:41 PM 发表
我们四十二人，裁剩十二人。。。

我就是那30个里面的一个......
恭喜你aiyooo兄!!!

Udon

原帖由 江湖 于 3-3-2009 10:14 AM 发表
应该这样讲, SPANSION 生意很好啊.... 员工个个拿20个月花红..
下个季还打算全面收购INTEL

再不然说 .... SPANSION财务依然稳健, 没有受到经济风暴影响, 公司依然展望09年可以提高30%的市场占有量.
日本和美国的SPANSION 申请破产保护和本地的SPANSION无关 ...... 所有国外的报道都不属实 .... 皆是捏造的.
本地SPANSION已经献意要收购AMD 和 FUJITSU 部分股权, 从而取得操控两家顶间的科技公司的控制权, 同时也制造了3000 个就业机会.

Mr.Business

新闻。

Will Spansion move affect Penang ops?
By Marina Emmanuel
Published: 2009/03/03

It is still early days on whether American flash memory chipmaker Spansion Inc's decision to file for bankruptcy protection in the US will have an adverse effect on its Penang operations.

Industrialists contacted said in the event that Spansion (Penang) Sdn Bhd is put up for sale as a result of the parent company's plan, it could prove to be a blessing for the affected employees who may be absorbed by the new buyer.

"The operations here may stand a good chance at being preserved if a new buyer comes into the picture," one told Business Times.
......

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current ... les/span02/Article/

penangbjboy

星洲互動的新闻！！

矽谷飛索申請破產
國際財經  2009-03-02 15:30
（美國‧紐約）繼上週宣佈裁員35%後，位於加州矽谷的美國快閃記憶體（Flash）大廠飛索（Spansion）宣佈，正尋求破產保護。

你看過多少部恐怖電影？史上20大最恐怖電影，你看了沒？


此公司發表的聲明說，已經向法院申請破產保護，以此作為這間公司進行戰略重組的步驟之一。

聲明說，飛索將根據美國《破產法》第11章的規定重整6億2500萬美元的優先債務。此公司表示，有足夠的現金用來支付相關費用和保持整改期間的正常運營，並強調上述計劃不會使公司的客戶服務受到影響。

飛索於1993年由美國超微（AMD）和日本富士通（Fujitsu）合資建成，目前是全球最大的NOR快閃記憶體生產商，其產品主要用於數位相機和其他電子設備上。

不過，由於其產品在與NAND閃存的市場競爭中難以取得優勢，再加上遭遇全球經濟不景氣，飛索經營陷入困境。2月初飛索日本份公司宣佈破產，隨後上週此公司又宣佈大幅裁員35%。