SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average orders rose 12.9% over 2015 in June.

The sector posted $1.71 billion in orders worldwide in June, the trade group SEMI said, down 2.1% sequentially but still up definitively from a year ago.

BAWAL, HARYANA, INDIA -- Karbonn Mobiles has opened a handset manufacturing facility here, its third in India, and plans to hire up to 4,000 new workers.

CHANDLER, AZ – Ace Production Technologies and Phase 4 will host a selective soldering workshop here Aug. 10.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide smartwatch market fell 32% year-over-year in the second quarter, the first time the segment has declined.