DENVER -- SlingShot Assembly has acquired fellow EMS provider BEI Electronics of Franksville, WI.

CRAMLINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND, UK -- Hindley Circuits has acquired Irridian Industrial Electronics for an undisclosed amount.

TAIPEI -- The interference in pricing by China's National Development and Reform Commission last quarter is still having an effect on the mobile DRAM market, causing quoting to be more conservative, new analysis suggests.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- MacDermid Performance Solutions reported first quarter net sales increased 10% year-over-year to $492 million. 

WASHINGTON -- The US Department of Defense (DoD) is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 that makes contractors and subcontractors subject to approval (as well as review and audit) by appropriate DoD officials when identifying a contractor-approved supplier of electronic parts.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – EMS provider Key Tronic reported fiscal third quarter revenue of $108.4 million, down 4.6% year-over-year.

YORK, UK – Electronic components distributor Cyclops Group has sold its contract manufacturing and assembly division to a management-led buyout team.

LOS ANGELES – The owner of PRB Logics, an Orange County-based seller of electronic components, was arrested this morning on federal charges alleging he sold counterfeit integrated circuits, some of which could have been used in military applications.

JASPER, IN -- Kimball Electronics reported fiscal third quarter net sales of $284 million, up 22% from a year ago on higher demand from the automotive and medical end-markets.

NEVADA CITY, CA – The global market for IC packaging posted a banner year in 2017, and contributed significantly to the semiconductor industry’s strongest growth in more than a decade, according to a new report from New Venture Research.

WASHINGTON – Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $111.1 billion in the first quarter, up 20% year-over-year and down 2.5% sequentially, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.

LUXEMBOURG – Exceet Group reported first quarter sales of EUR 38 million ($46 million), up 7.4% year-over-year and 9.7% sequentially.