BANNOCKBURN, IL – Although North American printed circuit board production decreased 4.3% in 2015 to $2.9 billion, the PCB market grew 1.4% to an estimated $3.4 billion for the year, says IPC.

TAIPEI – Compal Electronics posted July consolidated revenues of $1.84 billion, down 5.3% year-over-year and 18.5% sequentially.

TAIPEI – Foxconn reported revenues of $9.4 billion for July, down 6.2% year-over-year and 3.9% sequentially.

TAIPEI -- Global DRAM revenue rose 6.3% sequentially to $9.1 billion in the second quarter on expanded bit supply, although overcapacity tamped down prices, according to DRAMeXchange.

PATHUMTHANI, THAILAND – SVI Public Company Ltd. reported second quarter consolidated revenue ended June 30 of 2.9 billion Baht (US$84.2 million), up 26.3% year-over-year.

TORONTO -- SMTC swung to a second-quarter net loss on a 24.4% drop in revenue.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron will host a free webinar on cleaning before conformal coating on Aug. 25.

 HELSINKI -- Lagging truck sales in North America will lead PKC Group to cut production capacity and shed up to 1,000 workers, the company said today.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES — Integrated Micro-Electronics reported second-quarter sales fell 2.1% from a year ago to $210.6 million.

CRANSTON, RI -- AIM Solder today announced the pending release of a new white paper examining the impact of stencil coatings and tension on solder paste print quality on miniaturized components.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics reported flat fiscal third-quarter sales of $32.5 million, but the EMS firm swung to a net profit.

ATLANTA, GA – The Early Bird discount for the PCB West technical conference ends this Friday, UP Media Group Inc. announced today.