HONG KONG -- PKC will establish NPI centers in Estonia and Brazil as it seeks to expand its customer offerings to every major manufacturing region. Separately, the contract electronics assembler announced it would close its operations in Ireland and that company president and chief executive Matti Hyytiäinen would relocate to a newly established subsidiary here on an interim basis to help grow business in Asia and China.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron today reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 4.4% to NOK 462.4 million ($84.5 million) on higher demand for marine end-products.

CHICAGO -- Boeing engineers investigating problems with the new Dreamliner 787's batteries say the short circuits might have been caused by metal whiskers.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Manufacturing companies should think in terms of “right shoring,” not off-shoring or reshoring, according to John Shook, CEO and chairman of the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute.