STAMFORD, CT – Gartner Inc. reported semiconductor sales would grow in the second quarter, reaching about $65 billion, up 2% sequentially and 8% year-over-year.

MIAMI – Avnet has completed its purchase of Source Electronics Corp., a provider of outsourced custom IC programming services.

Avnet acquired the company from H.I.G. Capital, a private equity firm.

Source has plants in Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore and the US, where it provides programming services to OEMs and EMS companies.

MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek Corp. (sono-tek.com) named to its representatives network SRS and Associates (stonesrs.com) for TN, MS, AL and GA; Murray A. Percival Co. (murraypercival.com) for MI, IN, OH and KY; Technical Marketing Co. (technicalmarketingcompany.com) for MT, WY, UT and CO; Restronics (restronics.com/florida.html) for FL; and Cope Assembly Products for VA, WV, NC and SC. Bennett Bruntil will head the newly restructured organization.

The reps will handle Sono-Tek's solder recovery line of products. There are no announced changes to the company's spray fluxing products reps.