SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average worldwide sales of semiconductors slipped 1.1% sequentially to $25.2 billion in February, on seasonality swings. Sales rose 13.6% from a year ago.

EMPALME, SONORA, MEXICO -- Arc-Tronics, a US-based contract manufacturer, will open a facility here and expects to hire up to 125 workers for the site.

OXFORD, CT – MIRTEC reported first-quarter 2011 revenue growth of more than 58% year-over-year for its North American sales and service division.

Fiscal 2010 sales grew more than 62% compared to 2009.

The firm attributes this growth to its MV-7 inline AOI product series.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Weak demand in Europe and the US has 2011 off to a slow start for PCs, a leading analyst said today.