CHICAGO – The Selective Soldering Academy’s next training dates are in Chicago Dec. 6-8, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, and March 7-9, as well as in Hungary Jan. 18-20 and Feb. 8-10.

ATLANTA, GA – The exhibition floor space for PCB West 2017 is more than 80% sold out, UP Media Group Inc. said today.

TOKYO – Nippon Manufacturing Service reported net sales of $266.9 million for the fiscal first half of 2017, down 9.7% year-over-year.

MUNICH -- Siemens announced today it will acquire Mentor Graphics for $4.5 billion in cash, ending speculation of the future of the electronics software developer.

NEW YORK -- Copper prices hit a one-year high last week and could continue to climb as speculators flood the market, experts say.

BIATORBAGY, HUNGARY -- Scanfil EMS will shutter it subsidiary here by the second quarter next year and take a EUR 1.3 million ($1.4 million) charge.

WILSONVILLE, OR – Siemens is reportedly almost ready to announce a deal to buy Mentor Graphics, Reuters is reporting tonight.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported consolidated October revenues ticked up sequentially but fell 6.2% year-over-year as the world's largest EMS/ODM continues to struggle to grow in 2016.

PAKKRED, NONTHABURI, THAILAND -- SVI Public Co. reported third quarter consolidated revenue of 2.81 billion baht ($79.5 million), up 19% year-over-year on the acquisition of Seidel Electronics.

TAIPEI -- Compal Electronics reported third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$197.9 billion ($6.26 billion), up 14% sequentially. 

CORONA, CA – An upcoming Aqueous Technologies webinar will recap the most relevant, interesting, and popular cleaning and reliability-based topics from its 2016 educational events.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Fabrinet's new product introduction facility here continues to ramp, company executives said Monday.