Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Features

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil not only beat its own forecast for its fiscal quarter ended Feb. 28, but the contract electronics manufacturer said revenues could reach the $20 billion plateau up to two years ahead of schedule.

SIOUX FALLS, SD – Memory module assembler Legacy Electronics today said it has doubled its space with a new manufacturing facility here.

The 40,000 sq. ft. building provides for current and future production and expansion, with near term output expected to be triple that of current manufacturing.

The San Clemente, CA-based company says it plans to occupy the space in May and post job openings on its website by the end of the same month.

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN – Contract electronics manufacturer Key Electronics will expand its operations here, creating up to 75 new jobs by 2014.

The company plans to invest more than $2.2 million to increase production space at the manufacturing facility.

The firm currently employs more than 150 workers at the 104,000 sq. ft. plant, and plans to begin hiring additional manufacturing staff this spring to help ramp production.

Key Electronics manufactures printed circuit board assemblies for the industrial controls, aerospace, defense, medical, appliance and consumer markets.

REDMOND, WA – Microsoft has filed suit against tech manufacturing heavyweights Foxconn and Inventec over the sale and manufacture of Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook tablet.

Microsoft alleges patent infringements in the Android-based e-reader and tablet devices presented as Barnes & Noble’s brand.

Barnes & Noble is also a party to the suit. However, while Microsoft firm says Google’s Android infringes Microsoft patents, it did not name Google directly in this suit.

Microsoft alleges patent infringements include “natural ways of interacting with devices by tabbing through various screens to find the information they need, surfing the Web more quickly, and interacting with documents and e-books.”