TAIPEI – Kinpo Electronics plans to invest $30 million in its fourth plant in the Philippines, and is expected to double its workforce to 15,000 workers there, according to published reports.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Mike Bixenman of Kyzen won the Best of Presentation award at the 2017 International Conference on Soldering and Reliability (ICSR) for his presentation “Reliable Microelectronic Assembly Process Design Test Methods – A Non-Standard Approach.”

SINGAPORE – Flex posted net sales for the fiscal first quarter 2018 of just over $6 billion, up 2.2% year-over-year.

WASHINGTON – Today technology industry trade group ITI released a statement after congressional leadership and White House officials released their joint statement on tax reform:

TAIPEI – Today Foxconn announced plans to build a factory in southeastern Wisconsin. The multi-billion dollar facility will produce flat-screen displays, according to published reports.

MOORPARK, CA – TestEquity has acquired Techni-Tool for an undisclosed sum.

TORONTO, ON – Celestica reported second quarter revenue of $1.56 billion, up 5% year-over-year.

ARMONK, NY -- IBM today announced that its engineers have been granted a patent on an approach for utilizing the inherent structure of a printed circuit board (PCB) to protect cryptographic keys and codes in a manner that is designed to be highly tamper-resistant.

ZANDT, GERMANY -- Zollner Elektronik will invest more than EUR 15 million ($17.5 million) in a new production building here, the EMS company announced.

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina reported fiscal third quarter revenue of $1.71 billion, up 2.4% year-over-year and 1.8% sequentially.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works reported second-quarter revenues at its Test & Measurement/Electronics group were $519 million, up 2.4% year-over-year.

WASHINGTON – US president Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order this afternoon to start a comprehensive government review of the defense industrial base, including labor and the defense supply chain, according to published reports.