ATLANTA, GA – PCB West show attendance rose 20.3% year-over-year, boosted in part by a 22% increase in exhibitors.
WASHINGTON, DC – The reports outlining the US government’s data collection and surveillance programs are having global economic and policy ramifications, and these concerns must be addressed. That’s the view from two technology business organizations, expressed in a letter sent today to the White House’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology.
ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics continued its acquisition binge, buying the electronics manufacturing services unit of CTS for $75 million. The transaction is expected to generate annual revenues in excess of $200 million and be accretive to Benchmark's earnings in 2014.
HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – A push is on to expand a joint Congolese-NGO program aimed at securing mines across the nation, ensuring a steady supply of "conflict-free" minerals from the war-torn region. The Democratic Republic of Congo's national Ministry of Mines and the iTSCi Programme team are undertaking an evaluation of conflict-free mines in four provinces: North and South Kivu, Maniema and Katanga.
COSTA MESA, CA – IPC and CALCE will host the 7th International Symposium on Tin Whiskers here Nov. 12–13.
