ARAD, ISRAEL -- Flextronics reportedly is laying off 100 workers at its plant here and moving some operations to another plant in the country.

ARLINGTON, VA -- US manufacturing technology orders totaled $372.5 million in April, down 26.6% from March and down 12.6% from April 2012.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- Chinese OEM Hisense has invested $35 million in a new, massive industrial park here where it will produce hundreds of thousands of TVs, refrigerators and other white goods each year.

HERNDON, VA -- A new white paper from an International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative task group takes a comprehensive view of the counterfeit components problem by surveying the possible points of entry in the supply chain and assessing the impact of counterfeit components on the industry at various points of use.