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BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC released a global survey this month to collect data for the IPC International Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections, and for IPC’s 2014 Technology Trends Study.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today guided for higher-than-expected revenue for its fiscal fourth-quarter ended Oct. 24. The EMS company had previously guided for $685 million to $715 million in revenue for the period.

MINNEAPOLIS -- CyberOptics received a double dose of good news as its board settled on a permanent CEO and raised its outlook for the just-completed fourth quarter. The AOI equipment maker expects sales of $8.2 million to $8.6 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, exceeding previous sales guidance of $7 million to $8 million.

AUSTIN, TX – Embedded resistors, widely employed in the defense and aerospace industry, are finding new applications in consumer, telecom, computing and industrial, a new report says. Likewise, planar capacitance, used in the high-performance computing and communication segments for many years, is expanding into IC packages and modules thanks to higher capacitance levels now available, says TechSearch International.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn reported December consolidated revenues of NT$490.9 billion ($16.4 billion), a new company record. Sales were up 7.6% sequentially and 18.9% year-over-year.