RICHMOND, UK -- Volex is offering a stock-swap deal to acquire MC Electronics, a North-American based manufacturer of custom medical and industrial cables, wire harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies for medical and industrial applications.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Benchmark Electronics today announced first quarter revenue rose 9% from a year ago to $608 million.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus today reported revenue of $699 million for its fiscal second quarter ended Mar. 31.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average shipments at North American printed circuit board fabricators rose 10.4% year-over-year in March, IPC said today.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus today announced work will begin in June on a massive new factory in Guadalajara, Mexico.

MINNEAPOLIS -- CyberOptics today reported first quarter sales of $14.1 million, up 18% from a year ago and exceeding the upper end of previously reported guidance.

San Jose — Sanmina today reported second fiscal quarter revenue of $1.68 billion, flat with a year ago and down 3% sequentially.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC today announced the deadline for participation in a survey for its annual Quality Benchmark Study for Electronics Assembly has been extended to Apr. 30.

SAN JOSE, CA – ASM Pacific Technology reported first quarter revenue of $198.3 million, an increase of 22.6% year-over-year and down 11.9% sequentially.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Kitron reported first quarter revenue up 11% year-over-year to $83.3 million.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – A team of 18 researchers, led by MIT, Berkeley, and BU, reports a technique for assembling on-chip optics and electronics separately, enabling use of more modern transistor technologies. The technique only requires existing manufacturing processes.

ZANDT, GERMANY – Zollner Elektronik said its Zandt headquarters is nearing completion.