BEIJING — Lenovo and Compal will form a joint venture to build notebook computers, the companies said today.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit reported preliminary fourth-quarter net income rose 95% to $114.3 million, a record for the period.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- PCB West, the annual Silicon Valley trade show, opens today with anticipation of an event that tops even last year's turnout.

CHICAGO, IL ― The decision of whether to offshore to China or Mexico isn't one of capability but rather of fit.

SHANDONG, CHINA -- A Foxconn assembly plant here caught fire yesterday, but the blaze was extinguished with no casualties or impact on operations, the firm is saying.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Blu-ray players are expected to reach 105 million units shipped in 2015, says In-Stat.

 “DVD players and recorder shipments will decline over the next five years for most regions.  By 2015, DVD recorders will be essentially phased out entirely, with only negligible shipments to Japan,” says Norm Bogen, VP digital entertainment. “Blu-ray recorders will replace DVD recorders, and many consumers of recorders will even drop the physical disk media option altogether and instead opt for a player with a large hard drive or a DMS in which to store DLNA-certified and other digital video content.”    

BD players shipped to North America in 2010 represented 38% of the total Blu-ray player and recorder market.

Japan accounts for the majority of Blu-ray recorders, and Europe is the main market for DVD recorders.

At the end of 2010, more than 15% of Netflix subscribers opted for Blu-ray subscriptions.

The Chinese market for Blu-ray has been stalled by the lower prices of the local CBHD standard.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Flextronics plans to lay off 83 workers in North Carolina in response to changing business demands.

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA -- A female Foxconn employee died after a six-story fall from her dormitory at the EMS company's plant here, local media are reporting.

NINGBO, CHINA -- Kitron Electronics Manufacturing officially opened its factory here, with more than 100 customers and business partners attending the ceremony.

SANTA CLARA, CA – A group of leading companies in the semiconductor and printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly industries will convene Sept. 28 at the Santa Clara Convention Center to discuss an exciting new solution to age-old electronics data transfer problems.

SKIVE, DENMARK -- Flextronics will shutter its operations here, laying off 286 workers, according to published reports.

JINCHENG, SHANXI, CHINA -- Foxconn Technology will invest up to 100 billion yuan ($157 million) toward a new industrial manufacturing park here, local media are reporting.