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KANATA, OTTAWA – Sanmina-SCI will expand its factory here and add up to 90 workers by year-end, the company told local reporters.

NEW YORK -- Signs of life are emerging among electronics producers, a leading research firm said, but end-user demand is lagging.

LIVERMORE, CA -- Sanmina-SCI has suspended operations at its machining operations here due to a lack of business, according to a published report.

FORT WORTH – California’s loss is Texas’ gain as a Foxconn Electronics subsidiary plans to build a computer assembly plant in Fort Worth. Q-Edge is shuttering its operations in Fullerton, CA, and relocating to a 365,000 sq. ft. site north of Fort Worth.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Phoenix International received IPC's top corporate honors for electronics assemblers, the trade group announced this week.

SAN JOSE -- The 90-day moving average sales of semiconductors worldwide fell 30.4% year-over-year in February, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today. Sales declined 7.6% sequentially, the trade group said.

SAN JOSE -- SEMI is launching an electronic information exchange forum for EHS regulatory compliance issues.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC this week released its biennial technology roadmap for printed circuit boards and electronics assembly.

LAS VEGAS – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative debuted its latest industry roadmap this week, highlighted by new chapters on photovoltaics, solid state illumination and RFID item-level tags.

AUSTIN, TX — Despite what is looking to be a rather dismal year for the PC industry as a whole, mini-note PCs, or netbooks, are forecast to grow at more than 65% year-over-year in 2009, while the traditional notebook PC market is forecast to grow 3%, according to DisplaySearch.

JACKSON, MI -- Sparton Corp. will idle its London, Ontario, Canada, facility this week, and will shutter the site by April 30, the company said today, citing economic conditions.

TORONTO -- EMS firm Adeptron Technologies today fourth quarter sales rose 31% year-over-year to $13 million. Gross profit rose 40% to $1.9 million. Net income swung to a $600,000 profit, versus a net loss of approximately $5.9 million a year ago.