SANTA CLARA, CA -- Agilent Technologies will split into two publicly traded companies, one focus on life sciences, diagnostics and applied markets and the other on electronic measurement products. The breakup is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.

ATLANTA -- With five days to go before the conference start, registration for PCB West is up 23% over last year, conference organizers announced. Advance registration for the trade show exhibits is also up more than 15%, UP Media Group said.

BOULDER, CO -- XetaWave, a local supplier of radios for industrial and military applications, plans to invest $7 million in a new plant and pull manufacturing in-house. The three-year-old company will relocate to a 24,000 sq. ft. facility in Broomfield, CO, where it will begin electronics assembly operations.

LAS VEGAS – Peter Diamandis, a leading authority on commercial space travel, will give the opening keynote at IPC Apex Expo here next March.