TOKYO -- Pricing of memory chips for PCs are at their highest point in three years as capacities are gobbled up by smartphone OEMs, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technologies Industries Association.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Some 4,169 attendees from 39 countries attended last month's IPC Apex Expo trade show in San Diego, making it the largest electronics manufacturing event in North America.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 4.6% year-over-year to $14.6 billion in the fourth quarter, according to a new report.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Coming off the smartphone market's lowest year-over-year growth of 2.5% in 2016, a new forecast from the IDC shows worldwide smartphone shipments rebounding in 2017 and beyond.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – MacDermid Performance Solutions posted fourth quarter 2016 net sales of $457 million, up 76.4% year-over-year. Organic sales for the segment grew 6.3% sequentially.

FREDERICK, MD – ACDi is moving to a new facility here, a few miles from the EMS firm’s previous location.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Cemtrex has retained legal services to help investigate allegations of manipulative short selling of its stock and malicious publishing of false and misleading information.

PATHUMTANI, THAILAND -- SVI Public Co. reported fourth quarter revenues of 3.1 million baht ($88.9 million), up 52% year-over-year.

REDMOND, WA – Data I/O reported fourth quarter net sales of $6.4 million, up 28% year-over-year, a six-year high for the quarter.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil reported fourth quarter revenue of EUR 122.3 million (US$ 129.4 million), down 14.3% year-over-year.

BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, UK -- A holding company of engineered products and services has acquired SKN Electronics, a small EMS company based here.

MUNICH – Siemens is set to receive unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $4.5 billion bid for Mentor Graphics. Siemens announced the deal last November.