IRVINE, CA – Hanwha Techwin acquired Samsung C&T Automation for an undisclosed sum, effective Jan. 1.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron Academy released its free 2017 Cleaning Webinar Series schedule.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works reported fourth-quarter organic revenue was down 0.3% year-over-year at its Test & Measurement and Electronics unit.

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted 90-day average orders of $1.99 billion in December, according to the SEMI trade group.

LOS ANGELES -- A group of major OEMs is asking a California court to dismiss anti-trust claims by Flextronics, arguing that the contract assembler failed to show how it was harmed in an alleged price-fixing case.

CLAREMONT, CA -- Seventy percent of US executives responding to a survey on near-sourcing expect it to increase within the next five years.

SAN JOSE -- Sushil Dhiman has resigned as president and chief executive of SMTC and will step down Feb. 17.

WASHINGTON – A trade association representing more than 50 major tech hardware and software OEMs took aim today at President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

MAHARASHTRA, INDIA -- The chip-on-flex market is expected to grow at compound annual average of 4.43% over the next five years, reaching $1.8 billion by 2021.

SINGAPORE -- ASM Singapore last week celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art SMT Center of Competence here. The new facilities consolidate the company's SMT Solutions and Back-end Equipment business segments, respectively, under one roof.

STAMFORD, CT -- Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $364.1 billion in 2017, an increase of 7.2% from last year, according to Gartner.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A call for abstracts has been issued for the Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials, taking place June 27-29 in College Park, Maryland.