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STAMFORD, CT – In the second quarter, worldwide server shipments grew 4% year-over-year, while revenue declined 3.8% compared to the same quarter in 2012, says Gartner.

SON, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics International posted net revenue for the first half of 2013 was EUR 131.4 million, down 9% year-over-year.

NEW YORK – The global MEMS medical applications market was $1.8 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.2% from 2013 to 2019, reaching an estimated $6.5 billion in 2019, says Transparency Market Research.

GARDEN GROVE, CA – Metcal, a product group of OK International, says it has begun a global rebranding.

SAN JOSE -- Electronics manufacturers that never belonged in China in the first place are beginning to abandon it for sites closer to home, including South America, a new study finds. But entrenched geopolitical and other factors mean not each of the dozen countries on the continent is a good choice for a new manufacturing hub.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics will acquire RIWISA, a Swiss provider of injection molding and automation solutions in a deal expected to take place by the end of October, pending regulatory approvals. Hagglingen, Switzerland-based RIWISA is family owned. Financial details were not disclosed.