BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Top 50 EMS company Kitron reported a fourth-quarter loss before tax and discontinued operations of NOK 18.8 million (US$3.26 million), a swing from a profit of NOK 12.8 million last year.

DERRY, NH -- Sanmina-SCI will open a dedicated prototype EMS facility here, according to CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY sources.

ST. LOUIS -- Viasystems Group today reported higher fourth-quarter EMS sales on higher demand for automotive products, partially offset by softness in telecommunications.

BOSTON -- Kenneth Olsen, the Digital Equipment Corp. cofounder who famously said he couldn't imagine why a person would want a computer in their home,  died Sunday. He was 84.