GUANGZHOU, CHINA – Beginning in August, Sono-Tek said its Class 10,000-rated clean room will be available for customers to conduct testing using its coating equipment here.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works reported organic revenues at its Test & Measurement and Electronics unit increased a combined 1%, with test and measurement up 6%  in the second quarter. 

LOS ANGELES – Ducommun reported second-quarter revenue at its contract electronics assembly segment was up a hair to $107.9 million.

HARTLEPOOL, ENGLAND - The Stadium Group today acquired United Wireless, a designer and manufacturer of electronics for the machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless sector, for £8 million in cash and shares.

SMYRNA, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the opening of its 2015 New Product Introduction Awards (NPI) for printed circuit board assembly.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A recent IPC survey-based study of quality benchmarks for the EMS industry showed, of 75 participating companies, the average number of printed circuit board assemblies in 2013 was more than 9 million.

SAN JOSE, CA – Flextronics reported fiscal 2015 first-quarter net sales of $6.6 billion, up 14.7% year-over-year, and down 1.2% sequentially.

TORONTO – Celestica reported second-quarter revenue of $1.47 billion, down 2% year-over-year, but at the high end of guidance of $1.375 billion to $1.475 billion. Revenue increased 12% sequentially.

ANGLETON, TX --  Benchmark Electronics today reported higher profits and revenues for its second quarter.

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- Dieter Bergman, the venerable technical standards guru and the heart and soul of the IPC Designers Council, has passed away. 

PALATINE, IL -- Aimtron has moved into a new manufacturing plant and headquarters here after five years in another Chicago suburb.

JUAREZ, MEXICO – Firstronic is opening a 70,000 sq. ft. facility here, the EMS company's first outside the US.