Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Features

PICKERING, UK – Contract Production Ltd. has acquired EMS firm Micro Forge Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

Contract Production, a new company, reportedly has retained most of Micro Forge’s staff, and plans to hire an undisclosed number of new workers.

The firm will focus on low to medium-size production runs, and technical and prototype design assistance.

Contract Production’s first major contract is with Cirrus Research.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron ASA will open a fully owned subsidiary in Johnstown, PA, early next year, the company said.

KEMPELE, FINLAND -- A subsidiary of Finnish EMS company PKC Group Oyj has begun proceedings to close a factory and lay off 45 workers.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The IPC Solder Products Value Council has published a free white paper that provides a set of test protocols for the evaluation of new Pb-free alloys on the basis of their physical properties.

STAMFORD, CT – The worldwide semiconductor market will rise 27% to $290 billion this year, said Gartner.

MANILA – EMS provider Ionics EMS will be delisted from the Singapore stock exchange June 23, a voluntary move in order to cut compliance costs.

The company, a subsidiary of Ionics Inc., will have its last trading day June 8. On May 31, Ionics bought 2.616 million EMS Ionics shares worth S$39,240, bringing its current total to 1.4 billion shares, or 90% of the subsidiary’s total equity. A cash offer has been made for the remaining 10%.