BILLERICA, MA – Specialized Coating Services expects to open its second facility here in mid-January to provide conformal coating and potting services on the East Coast.

ATLANTA, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Magazine today announced Firstronic LLC as its EMS Company of the Year for 2017.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC crowned China’s Zhang Yi hand soldering champion at Productronica. Yi scored 473 out of 500.

LONDON – The global evaluation board market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.58% during the forecast period 2017 to 2021, says Technavio.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Smartphone shipments will grow 13% to 1.7 billion units in 2021 from 1.5 billion units in 2017, according to International Data Corp.

HAMPSHIRE, UK – More than 285 million ear-based wearables, or “hearables,” will be used in 2022, a nearly sevenfold increase over the 43 million expected to be in use by the end of 2017, says Juniper Research.

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI -- The Mount Pleasant Village Board will take on more than $750 million in new debt as part of its agreement for a new Foxconn campus within its borders.

MILPITAS, CA — The 90-day moving average sales among North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers was $2.02 billion worldwide in October.

KUALA LUMPUR -- EMS provider EG Industries plans to invest RM30 million ($7.3 million) to expand its Sungai Petani plant.

SUNGUVAR CHATHRAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA -- The Tamil Nadu government has issued a “no objection certificate” to a Foxconn subsidiary, paving the way for the company to acquire and build on land in a special economic zone here.

ORADEA, ROMANIA – Celestica has expanded its operations here to increase manufacturing services for customers in Eastern Europe.

SANFORD, NC – Conveyor Technologies Inc. has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Alotech for an undisclosed sum.