AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND -- On Semiconductor will not reopen its semiconductor probe, assembly and test operations in Thailand for an indefinite period, if at all, due to the severity of the flood damage, the company said.

STONY BROOK, NY -- SMT Corp. will begin marking chips with a novel DNA material said to be impervious to counterfeiting.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported non-consolidated November revenues of NT$307.2 billion ($10.2 billion) on higher demand for consumer electronics ahead of the holiday season.

TOKYO -- Juki's Electronics Assembly Systems business unit reported six-month sales of 11.75 billion yen ($151.3 million), down 1.9% year-over-year on slower demand in China.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Global PC shipments will be dragged down in 2012 thanks to the shortfall in hard disk drives.

NEWARK, NY – Electronics manufacturing services company IEC Electronics Corp. reported fourth-quarter revenue of $34.9 million, up 27.8% year-over-year.

DULUTH, GA – The Atlanta Chapter of Women in Electronics awarded GeorgiaFIRST a $1,300 donation, putting total chapter donations at $200,000 since 1985.

SAN JOSE -- Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will fall in 2012 from this year's record sales, SEMI forecast today.

PECS, HUNGARY -- Jabil Circuit will open a service center here at the end of next month, staffing it with about 400 former Elcoteq workers, the town mayor said.

WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND -- DEK has expanded its stencil business, adding a Southwest US franchise to serve customers in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

WASHINGTON -- Semiconductor Research Corp. and Cornell University researchers are working to advance on-chip silicon development to enable new generations of smaller and more sophisticated mobile electronic devices.

WASHINGTON – The Council on Competitiveness on Thursday will release a road map for how the US can lead the world in advanced manufacturing this century.