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DOUARNENEZ, FRANCE -- A subsidiary of Top 12 EMS provider Asteel has opened insolvency proceedings in the wake of the company's decision to lay off 44 workers here.

ST. PETER, MN – Creation Technologies will move into a 50,000-sq. ft. plant here by next year, the company said this week.

SANTA CLARA, CA – A free one-day PCB test and inspection seminar will be held here in August. A date will be announced shortly.

Viscom will host the event at its technical center, featuring presentations and product displays by Viscom, Seica, Rematek and Landrex Technologies.

Presentations and product announcements will be available on complimentary CDs.

Viscom manufactures AOI and x-ray equipment. Seica produces test and process equipment, including ICT and flying probe. Landrex makes AOI and, like Rematek, provides test fixtures.

WASHINGTON – The National Association of Manufacturers expressed strong support for the decision by the US and European Union to initiate dispute settlement procedures in the World Trade Organization regarding China's export restraints.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Global purchases of IT goods and services by businesses and governments will fall 10.6% this year, according to a just-released report. But buying should resume in the fourth quarter, says Forrester Research.

LOS ALTOS, CA – The dismal picture for global equipment production should brighten considerably in 2010, according to a new research report.

SAN DIEGO – KIC sales manager – Americas Brian O’Leary will host a free webinar on thermal process and profiling solutions on July 1 at 10:30 am.

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Celestica will shutter its manufacturing plant here by the end of August and lay off 800 workers, according to local reports.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics is among several Nortel Networks creditors calling for changes to the beleaguered telecom OEM's planned sale of certain wireless assets to Nokia Siemens Networks.

PARIS -- The electronics industry produces some €1.14 trillion worth of product last year, making it the world' second largest market, behind automotive, says a new research report.

SAN JOSE – The worldwide electronics manufacturing services market grew 12.5% last year, while the assembly market rose only 0.5%, according to Electronic Trends Publications.

2009 will see a steady drop, but the EMS market will surge again in 2010, as a result of outsourcing, says ETP.

The research firm says electronics assembly reached $964 billion last year, and will reach more than $1.2 trillion in 2013. The firm says the EMS industry will increase from $294 billion in 2008 to $435 billion in 2013.

STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide PC shipments will drop 6% in 2009 to 274 million units, says Gartner Inc. in a revised forecast.

The firm had predicted a decline of 6.6% in May, and a 9.2% drop in March.

Gartner expects a 10% decrease in the second and third quarters, but predicts growth in the fourth quarter compared to 2008.

The firm also expects shipments to increase 10.3% in 2010.

Netbooks are expected to reach 21 million units in 2009 and 30 million next year, the firm says.

Gartner forecasts mobile PC units to increase 4.1% in 2009, but expects revenue to fall 12.8%. Desktops are expected to decrease 15.7%, with a 26.6% drop in spending.