BOSTON – Industry leading mid-market OEMs have already begun restructuring their supply chains, a multi-step process that will take several years, a leading electronics manufacturing analyst asserts.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC president John Mitchell took the industry's case against Dodd-Frank to the US House of Representatives, outlining in a letter how existing and proposed regulations could hurt the electronics manufacturing industry.

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is seeking comments on a revised draft of its RoHS rules, Measures for Administration of the Pollution Control of Electronic and Electrical Products.

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- IPC has released an update to its guidelines for stencil design.

ATLANTA -- Umut Tosun of Zestron will moderate a chat this week on cleaning applications within the SMT process, UP Media Group announced today.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES --- Cirtek Holdings Philippines has its eye on a fellow semiconductor package assembly and test provider in Southeast Asia, the company confirmed.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Semiconductor stockpiles held by chip suppliers increased during the first quarter of 2012, but the rise in inventory for a second straight quarter was driven by the anticipation of higher demand from customers, according to an IHS iSuppli Inventory Insider Market Brief report.

NORTH BILLERICA, MA – BTU International announced recipients of the 2012 Dr. Jeffrey Chuan Chu Memorial Fellowship Program in partnership with Middlesex Community College and Lowell, MA.

TORONTO -- SMTC has bought out its Chinese joint venture partner, Alco Electronics, and will expand its Dongguan, China, electronics manufacturing facility.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Technology reported unconsolidated sales in May fell 27.4% to NT$2.8 trillion ($93 billion).