FRAMINGHAM, MA – Phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter, according to preliminary results from IDC.

HENGYANG, CHINA -- Foxconn will join a group investing $870 million in a new campus here to produce A/V equipment and tablets for Amazon, according to DigiTimes.

SAN JOSE, CA – Flex reported fiscal fourth quarter net sales were approximately $5.9 billion, up 1.6% year-over-year.

WASHINGTON – Foxconn chairman Terry Gou is scheduled to meet US president Donald Trump here Thursday, according to published reports. Reasons for the meeting are unclear.

HAWTHORNE, CA – OSI Systems’ Optoelectronics and Manufacturing group reported fiscal third quarter revenues of $58.3 million, down 4.9% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A recent IPC study on worker skills gap indicates most US electronics assemblers are having a hard time recruiting qualified production workers, and an even harder time finding qualified engineers and other technical professionals.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil reported first quarter revenue of EUR 122.2 million (US$132.9 million), down 6.2% year-over-year.

BILLINSTAD, NORWAY – Kitron reported revenue in the first quarter was NOK 585 million (US$68.1 million), up 17.7% year-over-year. Growth was particularly strong in defense/aerospace, the firm says.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials takes place June 27-29 here.

MILPITAS, CA – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.03 billion in billings worldwide in March (three-month average basis), up 69.2% year-over-year and 2.6% sequentially, according to SEMI.

WASHINGTON – Key tech industry issues are receiving broad bipartisan support, according to the public policy trade group ITI. Successes include passage of permanent tax extenders, the USA Freedom Act, cyber information sharing legislation, and the Judicial Redress Act, the association says in its latest ITI Congressional Tech Voting Guide.

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina posted second fiscal quarter revenue of $1.68 billion, up 4.3% year-over-year and down 2.3% sequentially.