FRAMINGHAM, MA – First quarter seasonality combined with an overall disinterested customer base led to an annual decline of 14.7% in worldwide tablet shipments during the first quarter of 2016, says International Data Corp. Worldwide shipments of tablets (including slate and detachable form factors) reached 39.6 million.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American printed circuit board sales growth accelerated in March and order growth rebounded.

SIEVI, FINLAND -- Off the acquisition of PartnerTech, Scanfil reported first-quarter sales rose 184% to EUR 130.4 million ($149.6 million).

SAN JOSE, CA – Flex reported fiscal fourth quarter net sales ended Mar. 31 of $5.8 billion, at the midpoint of guidance, down 3% year-over-year.

LONDON – A UK tech organization on May 12 will host a webinar on complying with electrostatic discharge specifications.

SAN DIEGO – IPC requests abstracts for IPC Apex Expo 2017 to be held at the San Diego Convention Center Feb. 14-16.

METUCHEN, NJ -- EMS firm Powerspec has leased a 9,000 sq. ft. property in Somerville, NJ, a local realtor announced.

HAWTHORNE, CA -- OSI Systems today announced March quarter sales at its Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division fell 6.1% from a year ago to $61.3 million.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- The board of directors of Sparton Corp. has authorized Wells Fargo Securities to conduct a process to identify parties interested in acquiring the entire company.

PARIS -- AsteelFlash has started production at its newly built state-of-the-art electronics assembly facility La Soukra, Tunisia.

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina reported second fiscal quarter revenue ended Apr. 2 of $1.61 billion, up 5.2% year-over-year and sequentially.

HANNOVER, GERMANY – Panasonic and Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of working more closely together on automation concepts for the electronics industry.