ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – Electronics manufacturing services provider SigmaTron International reported revenues of $36.9 million for the third quarter fiscal 2011, up 21% year-over-year.

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – Assembléon said it is developing pick-and-place machines that will cut energy consumption and other operating costs by at least 30%.

The SuMa (Sustainable Machines) project aims to make electronics production equipment more sustainable, and strives to reduce the weight of moving machine parts without affecting machine robustness.

Assembléon is partnering with the Technical University of Eindhoven and research organization TNO, and the project is said to follow the Supreme research project began in 2009 to develop sustainable high-tech systems.

HONG KONG – Electronics manufacturing services provider EC Electronics opened EC Supply Chain Solutions here.

The Hong Kong-based company will facilitate and develop EC’s existing supply chain for electronic components, products and assembly services available from Asian and Chinese-based suppliers.

Chris Brown will head the facility as Asia supply chain manager.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Global inventories held by semiconductor suppliers surged to a 30-month high during the fourth quarter, a development that could spell trouble if chip industry growth loses steam this year, IHS iSuppli warned today.