DEEP RIVER, CT -- Inventec Performance Chemicals USA has filed a lawsuit in US District Court here against Optimal Services, Amtech Manufacturing and various other related entities, asserting violation of federal laws governing unfair competition, false designation of origin and false advertising, and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act, arising from the alleged unauthorized use of Inventec USA’s trademarks.

ALPHARETTA, GA -- Continuing a decline that started in May 2022, the ECIA Electronic Component Sales Trend index dropped again as it fell from 86.0 in August to 82.3 in the September measurement, but the results varied widely by product segment, the trade group said.

ENFIDHA, TUNSIA -- Zollner Elektronik AG has announced that it is opening an additional electronics manufacturing site on the east coast of Tunisia. The company plans to start production in Enfidha at the beginning of 2023 in a building it has leased while construction is underway on a new facility at the same location.

STOCKHOLM -- Note took charges of SEK 30 million ($2.7 million) for potential bad debt after one of its UK customers applied for that nation's form of bankruptcy protection.