FRAMINGHAM, MA – Phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter, according to preliminary results from IDC.
HENGYANG, CHINA -- Foxconn will join a group investing $870 million in a new campus here to produce A/V equipment and tablets for Amazon, according to DigiTimes.
SAN JOSE, CA – Flex reported fiscal fourth quarter net sales were approximately $5.9 billion, up 1.6% year-over-year.
WASHINGTON – Foxconn chairman Terry Gou is scheduled to meet US president Donald Trump here Thursday, according to published reports. Reasons for the meeting are unclear.
HAWTHORNE, CA – OSI Systems’ Optoelectronics and Manufacturing group reported fiscal third quarter revenues of $58.3 million, down 4.9% year-over-year.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – A recent IPC study on worker skills gap indicates most US electronics assemblers are having a hard time recruiting qualified production workers, and an even harder time finding qualified engineers and other technical professionals.