TAIPEI -- Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) today reported consolidated revenues rose 14.3% rise year-over-year in September. The contract electronics manufacturer said overall sales were NT$337.9 billion ($11.5 billion) for the month.

SAN DIEGO – SMTA and CALCE have finalized the program for the Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain Symposium West. The event will take place Nov. 19-21 at the Town & Country Resort here.

ATLANTA – PCB West show attendance rose 20.3% year-over-year, boosted in part by a 22% increase in exhibitors. Conference attendance jumped 31% over 2012 as printed circuit board designers, fabricators and assemblers flocked to the event’s largest technical program in years, said UP MEDIA GROUP, which produces the annual Silicon Valley trade show.

CHATSWORTH, CA -- Natel Engineering today announced its acquisition of EPIC Technologies, a deal first reported by CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY on Monday.

EL PASO, TX – IBL Technologies on Tuesday will finalize a deal to acquire R&D Technical Services for an undisclosed amount. The deal gives IBL a full range of vapor phase reflow machines, from batch to inline and rework.

CHATSWORTH, CA -- Natel will acquire Epic Technologies this week, according to CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY sources.

CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND – A three-hour webinar on high-temperature electronics manufacturing will take place Nov. 27.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments decreased 1.6% year-over-year in August. Orders decreased 9.1% compared to August 2012, says IPC.

WASHINGTON, DC – Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $25.87 billion in August, up 6.4% year-over-year, marking the industry’s largest year-over-year growth since March 2011, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – R&D Circuits has acquired Altanova Corp.

ATLANTA, GA – PCB West show attendance rose 20.3% year-over-year, boosted in part by a 22% increase in exhibitors.

WASHINGTON, DC – The reports outlining the US government’s data collection and surveillance programs are having global economic and policy ramifications, and these concerns must be addressed. That’s the view from two technology business organizations, expressed in a letter sent today to the White House’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology.