One study will cover Microelectronics: The Future of Miniaturization and its Impact on Electronics Manufacturing; the second will address Geographic Strategies for Global Expansion in the Electronics Interconnect Industry: Where to Invest for Long-Term Business Growth.

Proposals are due by May 18; commissions will be announced in early June. IPC anticipates publishing the studies in September.

More information about IPC’s market research programs, including the Executive Market & Technology Forum, is available on the Market Research page at www.ipc.org.

SPOKANE, WA – EMS provider Key Tronic Corporation will begin providing product assembly for Imation Corp’s tape-based data storage cartridges in July.

The agreement is expected to contribute $20 million to Key Tronic’s annual revenue.

Assembly operations will take place in its primary manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico.  

MANKATO, MN – Winland Electronics, Inc., designer and manufacturer of custom electronic control products and systems, reported first-quarter revenues of $9.3 million.

This was an increase of 13.4% compared to $8.2 million reported for the same period last year. The increase was the result of a 16.4% increase in sales for OEM customers, partially offset by a 12.5% decrease in sales of the company's proprietary line of products.

Gross profit was $1.2 million, 13% of sales, down from $1.7 million in sales for the first quarter of 2006.

Total operating expenses increased 34.1% to $1.5 million when compared to $1.2 million year-over-year.