WASHINGTON — President Obama recently signed legislation reinstating and extending tax benefits for electronics companies.
ZHENGZHOU CITY -- Foxconn is nearing completion on the first phase of a massive campus in this northern China city and will hire more than 140,000 workers in the coming year, a local news source is reporting.
DANDERYD, SWEDEN -- Electronics manufacturing services provider NOTE has signed an agreement to divest its 50% holding in a subsidiary in Krakow, Poland.
TOKYO — Hitachi is calling published reports of the sale of its LCD manufacturing unit to Foxconn premature.
BANNOCKBURN, IL — Orders for printed circuit boards from North American fabricators rose 5% year-over-year in November.
NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics has received a $7.4 million add-on order to build circuit boards for satellite communications modems from one of its defense customers.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – IPC will hold its annual IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition here Sept. 21–22.
MACAO, CHINA -- Deswell Industries reported fiscal second-quarter sales in its contract electronics and metallic segment rose 28.1% to $10.9 million.
SAN DIEGO -- Walter Shimoon, the ex-Flextronics manager who allegedly was involved in insider trading, could be released on bail today.
LOS ANGELES – The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued P. Kay Metal a US patent covering its chemical dross elimination and reduction formula, as used in the soldering process.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil turned in a strong November quarter as all its business segments grew sequentially and profitability improved.