WANTAGE, OXON, UK -- Europe's three largest EMS providers accounted for 44% of the 28.1 billion euro European EMS market in 2016, a new report says.

MILWAUKEE, WI – Air purification OEM Ult recently opened a US subsidiary here.

KUALA LUMPUR -- An independent advisor says Comintel's proposed divestiture of its EMS unit, BCM Electronics is fair and reasonable, and not detrimental to the interest of non-interested shareholders.

OXFORD, CT – MIRTEC reported record revenue for its North American Sales and Service Division for 2017.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – Nordson has acquired Sonoscan, designer and manufacturer of acoustic microscopes and acoustic micro imaging systems.

MILPITAS, CA -- The year-end update to the SEMI World Fab Forecast report reveals 2017 spending on fab equipment investments will reach an all-time high of $57 billion.

AUSTIN, TX – More than 80 companies are developing autonomous vehicles, and many more are involved in providing sensors and computational systems for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), says TechSearch International.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $37.7 billion in November, up 21.5% from the previous year.

TAIPEI – Quanta Computer will invest nearly $200 million in its notebook manufacturing subsidiaries in mainland China, the company announced last week.

MODI'IN-MACCADBIM-RE'UT, ISRAEL -- Flex will open a new, 330,000 sq. ft. production facility here and add more than 200 workers once the site is up and running.

GOLDEN, CO -- Photo Stencil LLC today filed a motion in US bankruptcy court for the sale of substantially all its assets.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics appointed Roop K. Lakkaraju as executive vice president and CFO. Lakkaraju replaces Don Adam, who is retiring at the end of the year.