MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – Jabil India’s proposed acquisition of Ericsson India’s electronics manufacturing business has been approved, according to reports.

WASHINGTON – The acting chairman of the US Securities Exchange Commission suggested enforcement of a rule requiring public companies to disclose the origin of any conflict minerals would be tabled pending new commission recommendations.

AMSTERDAM – Experts from IBM and Siemens will keynote the Contamination, Cleaning and Coating Conference here in May, conference organizers announced today.

MARKETHILL, ARMAGH, N. IRELAND -- Lenalea Electronics will invest more than $1.06 million in a new EMS plant here, the company said.

WASHINGTON -- US manufacturing technology orders increased more than expected in February, up 19.6% from January, according to the latest US Manufacturing Technology Orders report.

TAIPEI -- Universal Scientific Industrial reported revenues of $1.23 billion for the March quarter, up 14.5% year-over-year.

CHATSWORTH, CA – Neo Tech will add a second manufacturing site at its Agave campus in Juarez, Mexico, to meet growing demand for low- to mid-volume assembly.

NEVADA CITY, CA – The aggregate revenue of the 50 largest EMS companies slipped in 2016, according to new data from Manufacturing Market Insider.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – A subsidiary of Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire STI Enterprises Ltd.

WESTWOOD, MA – Chase Corp. reported revenue of $57.3 million for the fiscal quarter ended Feb. 28, up 4% year-over-year. Net income was $8.4 million, an increase of 20% compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA increased 14% to $16.5 million.

MUNICH -- More than a dozen leading electronics manufacturing equipment suppliers have agreed on a nonproprietary protocol for moving PCBs down an SMT assembly line with full traceability.

MILPITAS, CA — Sales of semiconductor materials worldwide increased 2.4% in 2016 compared to 2015 while worldwide semiconductor revenues increased 1.1%, SEMI said.