TEMPE, AZ – Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May for the 22nd consecutive month, but both new orders and production took hits.

DAYTON, OH -- Flextronics will lay off more than 400 workers at third-party retail stores around the US, according to published reports and company filings.

SINGAPORE – Flextronics released an inaugural Supply Chain Sustainability Report, designed to drive, implement and gauge CSER compliance standards across the firm’s supply chain. 

The report provides an overview of the electronics manufacturing services provider’s supplier CSER compliance program. It includes details on the company's supply chain assessment process, corrective action requirements, results attained to date, supplier feedback and environmental sustainability framework.

The document also speaks to Flextronics’ plans for conformance to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, outlining how it expects to manage its supply chain disclosure of conflict minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The report is available at http://www.flextronics.com/partners/supplierinfo/Files/Supplier%20Sustainbility%20Report-single%20page.pdf.

LAKE FOREST, CA – Acculogic has moved to a larger facility here to expand its Flying Probe Lab and accommodate expansion of the firm’s engineering group, applications, and in-house testing facilities.

The facility enables Acculogic to provide enhanced support to customers in the western US and Mexico.

The location provides board test services and is equipped with two fully loaded flying probe systems and a standalone PC-based boundary scan system.

Acculogic manufactures automated test equipment, including flying probe, in-circuit, boundary scan and application-specific functional test systems.