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SEATTLE -- Key Tronic reported June quarter sales fell 20.6% from a year ago to $45.5 million.

SANTA CLARA, CA – A new email list provides a forum for discussions on counterfeit components.

Combat Counterfeit is an industry service similar to lists on lead-free assembly and tin whiskers. John Burke of RoHSUSA set up the list to facilitate communication on the widespread problem.

To subscribe to the list, email combatcounterfeit-request@freelists.org. Type “subscribe” in the subject field. Subsequently, posts can be sent via combatcounterfeit@freelists.org.

Burke is also setting up a database of components obtained in good faith that turned out to be counterfeit. This list will not be available online, but will be compiled and held on a secure server. Potential buyers will be able to call for information about whether a certain component has a history of counterfeiting, and whether a company has any strikes in this regard.

For more information, email john@rohsusa.com.

ENDICOTT, NY – Endicott Interconnect Technologies has won a $6 million grant to develop microelectronic chips for the US military for preventing foreign tampering of weapons.

AUSTIN, TX — In a nearly mirror image of the first quarter, global TV revenues fell 12% year-over-year to $23.7 billion while shipments declined 8% to 44.6 million units.

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Sypris Solutions reported second-quarter revenue at its Electronics Group rose 9.5% year-over-year to $45.2 million.

HORTOLANDI, BRAZIL -- Celestica has shuttered its manufacturing operations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and laid off 200 employees, according to published reports.

LOS ANGELES -- The Motion Picture Association of America's member studios have won a breach of contract lawsuit against DVD player manufacturer Nanjing Wanlida Technology Co.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works today reported revenues at its Power Systems and Electronics group fell 39.4% year-over-year in the July period.

TORONTO – EMS provider Adeptron Technologies Corp. today reported second-quarter revenues rose 21% year-over-year to $12.4 million.

The firm posted a net loss of $1.65 million, compared to a net loss of $939,000 for the same quarter last year.

TALLIN, ESTONIA -- Ericsson has officially assumed control of the former Elcoteq production plant here, the company said.

GARBSEN, GERMANY – LPKF reported second-quarter sales rose 11% year-over-year to €12.4 million, and EBIT doubled to €1.6 million.

MUNICH – Productronica, the biggest trade show in the electronics world, is boosting its online presence.

The show’s website, www.productronica.com, now includes expert commentary on hot trends such as green electronics. New articles will be posted to the site regularly, show organizers say, and experts are available to answer industry questions directly.

Also, the website has a series of interviews in which leading executives exhibiting at Productronica answer questions about the industry and talk about the event’s impact on their activities.

Productronica takes place in Munich Nov. 10 – 13. On Nov. 10, CEOs of international operating companies and widely known management and business consultant Ram Charan will discuss trends at the First Munich Electronics Summit.