RICHARDSON, TX – Asset InterTech has acquired Arium.

CHENNAI, INDIA – Sanmina said it would make India a hub of its global IT operations and would increase manufacturing here.

SAN FRANCISCO — SEMI said semiconductor equipment sales will reach $44 billion in 2014, up 21% over estimated 2013 equipment spending, according to its mid-year forecast released Monday.

SAN JOSE -- Samsung this week will start construction on a 1.1 million sq. ft. research and development campus here, its largest outside of Seoul, Korea.

MCLEAN, VA – May US manufacturing technology orders totaled $430.06 million, says the Association for Manufacturing Technology, up 13.6% sequentially, but down 7.6% compared to May 2012.

NEW DEHLI, INDIA -- India will consider changes to its policy of encouraging government and private industry to buy electronics made domestically after several large multinational OEMs complained.

EAST FISHKILL, NY -- A leading semiconductor analyst today provided a somewhat more optimistic forecast for the industry's sales over the next five quarters.

HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS, UK – The Smart Group will present a 60-minute webinar on using solder spheres in fine-pitch area array rework on Aug. 20.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Columnist, author and small business owner Gene Marks will keynote at the IPC Technology Market Research Conference (TMRC) in late September in Chicago. The keynote, themed “The Next Generation: Creating the Electronics Industry of the Future,” will be held Sept. 24; the TMRC meeting takes place the next day.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC issued a call for awards nominations to recognize the volunteers who contribute to IPC standards development and other IPC activities.

EL SEGUNDO, CA – Boosted by orders from unbranded, white-box Chinese manufacturers, global demand for tablet panels is exceeding expectations, spurring IHS to increase its forecast for displays by 6% for 2013.

TEMPE, AZ – The June PMI registered 50.9%, up 1.9 percentage points, the Institute for Supply Management said today.