MILWAUKEE, WI – Last summer Foxconn said it planned to upgrade its Milwaukee headquarters into a state-of-the-art facility, but little progress has been made, according to reports.

MARSHFIELD, MA -- Andrew Chase, president and CEO of Sunburst EMS, has passed away after battling cancer.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The IPC Apex Expo conference brought in 5,292 attendees from 56 countries last month, up 15.7% over 2018, says IPC.

FRANKFURT, GERMANY – German electronics industry orders were down 12.2% year-over-year in December, according to ZVEI.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Annual semiconductor unit shipments, including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors, and discrete (O-S-D) devices, grew 10% in 2018 and surpassed the one trillion unit mark for the first time, says IC Insights.

BILLERICA, MA -- A fire reportedly broke out at MC Assembly's EMS plant here this morning.

AYER, MA -- A new full-service EMS company has sprung up in the Boston suburbs. 

SAN JOSE – Flex today named veteran electronics executive Revathi Advaithi chief executive of the EMS company, succeeding Michael McNamara.

TEMPE, AZ – Amtech Systems, parent company of BTU, reported fiscal first quarter net revenue was $29.5 million, down 60% year-over-year and up 2.4% sequentially.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics has increased headcount by more than 20% over the past two quarters to meet higher demand, particularly from medical and aerospace and defense customers.

JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics reported fiscal second quarter net sales of $284.1 million, up 10.1% year-over-year.

TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics reported fourth quarter net sales of $657 million, down 1.4% year-over-year and up 2.5% sequentially.