BANNOCKBURN, IL – Small EMS companies – those with less than $10 million in annual sales – had year-to-date sales growth almost 18% above the same period last year, says IPC.

SAN JOSE — Orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers crept up in June as the market continued to show signs of improvement. The 90-day moving average orders rose 70 basis points sequentially, but was down 9.6% year-over-year, the SEMI trade group said.

GUIYANG, GUIZHOU, CHINA -- Foxconn Technology Group plant to build an electronics production site here, the company's chairman said last weekend.

MANCHESTER, NH – EPTAC has partnered with the Independent Distributors of Electronics Association to deliver several counterfeit component mitigation and inspection programs as the trade group's exclusive provider for the series.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Printed circuit board sales growth to the military/aerospace market continues to outpace sales to other vertical markets in North America, says IPC.

HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS, UK – Improving efficiency to win offshore manufacturing business is the focus of the Smart Group's annual European conference.

SAN JOSE, CA – The 10th Annual International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference will be held Nov. 5-7 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel here.

DANDERYD, SWEDEN -- NOTE reported second-quarter revenue fell 18.6% year-over-year on broad-based slowdown.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus today reported fiscal third-quarter net income fell 1.3% to $23.2 million on a 6.1% drop in revenue.

GAINESVILLE, GA – Count On Tools said it plans to offer repair services for Mydata Agilis Feeders.

MALMO, SWEDEN – PartnerTech’s second-quarter sales were SEK 574 million, up 1.7% year-over-year. The EMS firm reported an after-tax loss of SEK 4 million, down from flat earnings last year.

GARDEN GROVE, CA ― OK International has launched a program for users to share assembly challenges related to their manufacturing processes.