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SANTA CLARA, CA -- EMS provider NBS has added a 10,000 sq. ft. facility dedicated to box-build and system integration services.

SAN FRANCISCO – Phones and printers are among the electronics products covered by a document restricting the disposal of electronics products issued last week by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek Corp. announced sales of $1.7 million for the second quarter, up 5% year-over-year.

LOS ANGELES – The images are dismaying, but they are real. Workers in an electronics counterfeiting facility in China rinse chips in a murky river and throw them in piles on the sidewalk, separated by sizes. The smallest chips look like dirt mounds. These chips will later be marketed as the real deal.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Worldwide production of PCBs was basically flat in 2008, climbing a tepid 1% year-over-year to $50.8 billion.

SKELLEFTEA, SWEDEN -- Note AB will lay off an undisclosed number of workers here and take a SEK 40M ($5.72 million) restructuring charge, the result of a decision by its largest telecom customer to cease orders from the site.

SAN FRANCISCO – Verical has launched a Web-based trading platform for manufacturers and distributors of electronics components.

Verical Marketplace uses information and technology to create a pedigree scoring system for component parts, which also are available in the company’s catalog.

The site permits only authorized channels and original owners of component parts to sell pedigreed inventory. It assigns a score to each component part based on how far back Verical is able trace its chain of custody. The higher the pedigree score, the further up the supply chain the component is traceable.

The method is said to ease transactions between sellers and buyers.

It currently serves more than 3,200 buyers from small to large manufacturers, with more than 27,000 unique part numbers from more than 230 manufacturers, including IDT, Molex, NXP Semiconductors, Texas Instruments and Tyco Electronics.

Verical relies on a supply chain software team that includes Solectron, Agile Software, Dept. of Homeland Security, Classic Components, and Lockheed-Martin.

ST. LOUIS – Sikorsky Aircraft awarded LaBarge a $1.8 million add-on contract to produce electronics assemblies for various models of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

MULINO, OR – Sunstone Circuits has expanded its online quote and ordering process through a collaboration with Screaming Circuits.

ST. LOUIS -- Born of acquisitions and once the largest PWB company in the world, Viasystems Group today made a strong step toward the crown by agreeing to merge with Merix Corp.

SAN DIEGO -- SMTA International kicks off today, bringing a major electronics assembly trade show to San Diego for the first time in eight years.

NEW YORK — A pair of nonprofit environmental organizations today announced a new research report on companies that are leading the electronics industry by moving away from chemicals that can lead to health and environmental problems.