AMSTERDAM, Oct 7 -- Philips Electronics will sell one of its six television assembly plants in Poland to Jabil Circuit, Reuters reported today.

The deal is expected to close next month.

Philips is Europe's largest maker of consumer electronics.

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JIANGSU, CHINA, Oct. 8 -- Indium Corp. of America  has opened a solder paste manufacturing plant in Suzhou Industrial Park here, the company said today.

The facility also houses quality operations, sales and technical support.

President Greg Evans said in a press statement, "This facility addresses the tremendous demand for our solder paste by the Chinese market. It is also the next step in our strategy for providing world-class service and support throughout the world."

Indium also has manufacturing sites in Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S.

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BANNOCKBURN, IL, Oct. 7 —  Michael Marks will reveal how he led Flextronics to the top echelon of the EMS industry in a keynote address at next year's Apex trade show. Marks, chief executive since January 1994, has seen company revenues grow from $93 million in 1993 to $14.5 billion last year.

Other keynoters during the Feb. 22-24 event are:

• Walt Custer, president, Custer Consulting Group, on the industry economy .
• Jim McElroy, CEO, the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, on the 2004 NEMI roadmap of future manufacturing needs.
• Pilot Burt Rutan, founder, Scaled Composites and SpaceShipOne, on winning the $10 million Anasari X Prize for reaching space twice in a two-week span using a privately manned rocketship.

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