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MONTREAL – Once a growing EMS company with three sites in Canada, Triton Electronik has closed its doors.

FRAMINGHAM, MA -- Worldwide server factory sales fell 30.1% year-over-year to $9.8 billion in the second quarter, IDC said this week.

NEW YORK – The global consumer electronics market will grow at a CAGR of about 5% from 2009 to 2012, a new research report says.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA reported second-quarter revenue increased 51% to $10.32 million on strong sales in the solar energy division.

PECS, HUNGARY – Elcoteq has pledged to soon employ 7,000 workers here again, following a meeting with government officials in Budapest, say published reports.

Elcoteq announced early last month it would let 700 workers go at the end of September. It currently employs about 4,000 at the site.

But after meeting with top Elcoteq leaders, a leading Socialist Party official said the cuts are temporary. “Founder of Elcoteq Antii Piippo and chairman CEO Jouni Hartikainen assured us that Elcoteq made a strategic decision when it set up its European production centre in Pécs,” said Socialist Party member Endre Bókay, according to reports.