NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics today announced fiscal 2018 second quarter revenues of $31.8 million, up 49% from 2017.

SOMERSET, NJ – Alpha Assembly Solutions has acquired HiTech Korea, a developer of electronics assembly polymer and epoxy-based materials.

DEEP RIVER, CT – May 8th, 2018 -- Inventec Performance Chemicals has completed a major production and laboratory upgrades to its solder powder making plant here.

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- Smart toys will represent an $18 billion hardware and software market by 2023, up from an estimated $6 billion in 2018, a new report from Juniper Research says.

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Fabrinet reported fiscal third quarter revenue of $332.2 million, down 9.4% year-over-year.

TORONTO – SMTC reported first quarter revenues increased 11.9% to $37.1 million year-over-year.

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.