SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic extended its four-year long profitability streak, reporting fiscal third-quarter net income of $3.4 million.

SINGAPORE – Electronics manufacturing services firm Flextronics posted fourth-quarter net sales of $6.4 billion, down 6% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has released IPC-9203, Users Guide to IPC-9202 and the IPC-B-52 Standard Test Vehicle.

The standard aims to help OEMs alleviate materials and process problems, and it serves as a guide to using the IPC-B-52 SIR (surface insulation resistance) test board.

IPC-9203 provides clarification between what a manufacturer “should” do and what a manufacturer “must” do for demonstrating materials and process compatibility, says IPC.

The standard helps answer questions about whether materials are compatible, which tests to do, and how to process test data.

IPC members may request a free single-user download at MemberTechRequests@ipc.org within 90 days of the document’s publication.

For more information, visit www.ipc.org/9203.

SAN MATEO, CA – International Data Corp. today more than doubled its 2012 forecast for worldwide semiconductor revenues.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Electronics manufacturing services provider Firstronic said it has formed an alliance with design firm DornerWorks.

Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly market their respective services to customers requiring design and manufacturing support.

No financial terms were disclosed.

WARRENDALE, PA -- A proposed revision to the standard governing counterfeit components that would expand the scope to include all "fraudulent" parts is seen by some as too broad a change.

SHENZHEN -- Nam Tai Electronics reported a first-quarter net loss of $3.6 million, down from net income of $2 million last year, as the EMS company worked to shed its money-losing liquid crystal display panel production.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported first-quarter net profits of NT$14.92 billion ($511.4 million), up 3.6% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board industry shipments in March decreased 12.2% year-over-year, says IPC.

WUHAN, CHINA -- Several hundred Foxconn workers today reportedly threatened to jump off a factory roof here in a protest over wages.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn's cellphone manufacturing business unit forecast a larger first-half loss on weaker demand and higher costs.

EL SEGUNDO – IHS iSuppli today upped its 2012 forecast for semiconductor growth to 4.3%, citing strong consumer demand for wireless products like cellphones and media tablets. The researchers warned that inventory levels must continue to come down, although progress has been made.