SHENZHEN -- JOT Automation has established a design and manufacturing facility here to broaden its geographic market presence and overall customer diversity. The facility will be located in the Bao An district, and will "significantly increase" the test and production equipment OEM's production capacity, JOT said.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Branded tablet shipments will rise 20% year-over-year this year, ABI Research forecasts. The research firm calls 2014 a "pivotal year" for tablets as the traditional markets leading computing and CE deployments reach a tipping point and give way to growth regions.

SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 20.1% year-over-year to $1.29 billion in February. Bookings were up 0.7% from the revised January figure of $1.28 billion, the SEMI trade group said.

MILWAUKIE, OR -- Electronic Controls Design has promoted Todd Clifton to president. Clifton has been with the oven profile OEM since 1996, first as director of business development and, since 2011, as vice president of sales and marketing.