TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported February consolidated revenues rose 3.2% from last year to NT$289.6 billion ($9.43 billion).

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense won't be joining the ranks of semiconductor manufacturers, no matter how rampant the problem of counterfeit components is.

WASHINGTON -- US manufacturing technology orders declined in January, dropping 40.7% compared to December and 11.4% compared to a year ago, according to the latest US Manufacturing Technology Orders report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

GUANGZHOU – Foxconn chairman Terry Gou suggested plans to invest in the US may not happen in the near future as a result of labor issues and a lack of incentives, according to published reports.

WESTBOROUGH, MA -- Neo Tech has purchased a 25-acre lot in the western Boston suburbs for $10 million. 

TAIPEI – Wistron's February consolidated revenues were $1.6 billion, up 22.5% year-over-year and down 9.7% sequentially.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems today reported net sales of $29 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, down 7.6% from a year ago.

TORONTO – SMTC reported fourth quarter revenue of $39.7 million, down 34.7% year-over-year.

IWATA, JAPAN — Yamaha Motor Co. announces that it has completed construction of the new Hamamatsu IM Base for the IM Business Unit, now located in Toyooka-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Digi-Key Electronics is reviewing several options for a one million sq. ft. manufacturing and warehouse center, with an investment value of between $200 million and $300 million.

MILPITAS, CA – Fab equipment spending is expected to reach an industry all-time record of more than $46 billion in 2017, according to SEMI.

ALBANY, NY – The global printed circuit board connectors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3% from 2017 through 2021, says Technavio.