BALTIMORE -- Zentech Manufacturing today announced the acquisition of an electronics design engineering company, extending the EMS company's reach into front-end services.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil Circuit reported fiscal fourth quarter net revenue ended Aug. 31 of $4.4 billion, down 5.3% year-over-year.

HERNDON, VA – On Sept. 28, iNEMI and Binghamton University will host a webinar on assessing the reliability of lead-free solder joints.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Registration is open for ACE Production Technologies’ introductory selective soldering workshop, to be held here Oct. 18-19.

LONDON – Enterprise wearable scanner shipments will reach nearly 22 million by 2021, increasing from seven million in 2016, according to ABI Research.

LONDON – The iPhone 7 equipped with 32Gb of NAND flash memory carries $219.80 in bill of materials costs, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil has begun a lay off about 400 staff members globally, including nearly 100 at its headquarters here.

WORCESTER, MA – The New England Expo and Tech Forum will take place here Nov. 3.

ATLANTA, GA – Last week’s PCB West show attendance rose 3% year-over-year, to nearly 2,000 attendees, UP Media Group announced today. It was the annual printed circuit board industry trade show’s highest turnout since 2001.

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND -- Cicor has launched a new technology platform said to enable high density of integrated functions for printed circuit boards, and at a higher throughput than traditional methods.

PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND -- The University of Portsmouth has acquired ASTA Technology, an electronics training school for the European Space Agency.

VANTAA, FINLAND -- Scanfil Oyj has entered mandatory negotiations to restructure its contract electronics assembly operations here.