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SAN JOSE -- Bay area EMS firm Bestronics has promoted Nat Mani to chief executive, superseding cofounder James Choe, who is retiring. Mani has been president of the company since 2012.
AESCH, SWITZERLAND – Essemtec has been purchased by private investors with an industrial background.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 revenues increased 11% from last year to $4.81 billion, on strong performance across all end-markets. The firm's Diversified Manufacturing unit saw revenue rise 11% to $2.1 billion.
SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported 90-day bookings fell 11.9% from last year in August. Orders were down 2.7% sequentially, the SEMI trade group said.
SANTA CLARA, CA -- PCB West, the Silicon Valley's largest trade show for the printed circuit board industry, opens today at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Pre-show conference registration is up 40% over last year while preregistration for the exhibition is up 30%.
YANTAI, CHINA -- Foxconn today acknowledged nearly a dozen people were injured in a fight last week at one of its China sites. The melee involved two groups and injured 11 people, the Wall Street Journal reported.
EL SEGUNDO, CA -- The market for large-sized liquid-crystal displays contracted in July, an ominous indicator not only because it shank for the second straight month in a row but also because the dip occurred at the start of the normally hot third quarter, according to a new report from IHS. Global shipments of large-sized LCD panels amounted to 65.46 million units in July, down 4.5% from 68.56 million units in June.
