SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings plummeted 38% year-over-year in the third quarter as slower end-product demand and rising inventories took their toll.

SANTA ANA, CA -- Powerwave Technologies has filed suit against Microelectronics Technology and MTI Laboratory in a California US District Court claiming patent infringement.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A new quantitative test methodology helps determine how much strain packages can take before reliability degradation.

LANSING, MI – EMS firm MPL Inc. sustained fire damage this morning, according to published reports.

OLATHE, KS -- Elecsys today announced sales at its Electronic Design and Manufacturing Services unit grew 17% to $3.77 million for its second fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- Electronics manufacturing services company SigmaTron today said second-quarter net income fell 73% to $158,267 due to the lingering stagnant economy.

AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND -- On Semiconductor will not reopen its semiconductor probe, assembly and test operations in Thailand for an indefinite period, if at all, due to the severity of the flood damage, the company said.

STONY BROOK, NY -- SMT Corp. will begin marking chips with a novel DNA material said to be impervious to counterfeiting.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported non-consolidated November revenues of NT$307.2 billion ($10.2 billion) on higher demand for consumer electronics ahead of the holiday season.

TOKYO -- Juki's Electronics Assembly Systems business unit reported six-month sales of 11.75 billion yen ($151.3 million), down 1.9% year-over-year on slower demand in China.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Global PC shipments will be dragged down in 2012 thanks to the shortfall in hard disk drives.

NEWARK, NY – Electronics manufacturing services company IEC Electronics Corp. reported fourth-quarter revenue of $34.9 million, up 27.8% year-over-year.