EL SEGUNDO, CA -- In spite of some recent, slightly positive, global economic news, IHS iSuppli is forecasting that any recovery in semiconductor device revenues will not start until mid-2013.

BUDAPEST -- Hungarian officials will sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Jabil Circuit, although terms have not been disclosed.

CHICAGO -- Lincoln International has published its quarterly EMS stock index and, as usual, there are several interesting nuggets to be gleaned.

TORONTO – Contract electronics manufacturer Celestica reported a fall in fourth-quarter profit, as it stopped manufacturing products for its largest customer, Research In Motion.

SAN DIEGO, CA – Koh Young will embark on a 90-day, 25 state tour of the US to demonstrate its 3D inspection technology.

SAN MATEO, CA – The advancement of computing no longer starts and ends with the personal computer, a leading market research firm noted today.

PLYMOUTH, UK – Mirtec is opening a manufacturing facility here.

ANAHEIM, CA – EPTAC and Microtek Laboratories said they are expanding training services at their West Coast IPC Master Training Center to include Counterfeit Component Training and Testing.

SAN JOSE -- Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity.

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA -- A pair of buses near Foxconn’s Zhengzhou campus crashed, killing at least seven and injuring 20, according to reports.

MILPITAS, CA -- EMS firm NBS has finalized plans to open a new 60,000 sq. ft. facility here later this quarter.

SAN DIEGO -- Jerry Murray, the longtime columnist and West Coast Editor for CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, has died. He was just shy of his 83d birthday.