ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Samsung Electronics' East Africabusiness unit inaugurated the electronics giant's first printer assembly plant in Africa.
WASHINGTON — Worldwide semiconductors sales rose 11.5% year-over-year in April, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. The 90-day moving average sales were up 0.7% over the revised March numbers to $26.34 billion, the trade group added.
HARTFORD, CT -- A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty this week in US District Court to importing thousands of counterfeit ICs from China and Hong Kong and then reselling them to U.S. customers, including contractors supplying them to the US Navy for use in nuclear submarines.
BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 1.6% year-over-year in April. Year-to-date shipments were down 0.2%.
ROUND ROCK, TX - Benchmark Electronics will open a manufacturing facility in this city north of Austin later this summer, according to reports. The new plant will bring up to 80 new jobs to the area, a local agency spokesman said.
FT. WORTH, TX -- Google's Motorola Mobility business unit today announced plans to close its factory here by year-end, putting 700 employees out of work. The company previously announced it would sell the handset business to Lenovo.