LOUISVILLE -- Flextronics reportedly will lay off 314 workers at its repair hub here during the next six months.

PHOENIX -- Micro-tier EMS RNB Enterprises is closing after 42 years in business and being sold at auction.

SAN DIEGO -- Rockwell-Collins engineer David Hillman today was inducted to the IPC Hall of Fame, capping nearly three decades of contributions to the industry trade group.

DUBLIN -- The pin insertion machine market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 6.08% between last year and 2023, a new report says.

IRVINE, CA – TopLine today announced the completion of an acquisition of Daisy Chain Flip Chip Test Wafers from General Motors Components Holdings.

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day average billings rose 27.2% year-over-year in January.

REDMOND, WA – Data I/O reported fourth quarter net sales of $8.1 million, an 11-year high for the quarter, up 26% year-over-year.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems has expanded capabilities at its manufacturing facility in Suzhou to support its regional machine vision technology customers.

WESTLAKE, OHIO – Nordson Corp. reported fiscal first quarter sales of $550 million, up 35% year-over-year.

OYSTER BAY, NY – Fourth quarter shipments of voice control front-end devices, such as Amazon’s Echo range and Google’s Home devices, grew 189% sequentially, with 2017 seeing total shipments up 159% over 2016, says ABI Research.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – CyberOptics reported sales of SMT inspection systems declined 31% year-over-year to $4.6 million in the fourth quarter. Reduced demand for legacy 2D products offset higher sales of SQ3000 3D AOI systems, which increased nearly 70% year-over-year to $2.7 million.

NEUNKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- Neways Electronics has begun work on a 1,000 sq. m (10,763 sq. ft.) expansion of its EMS plant here.