MILWAUKEE, WI – EMS firm Milwaukee Electronics is merging with a San Diego-based electronics design service bureau, the firms announced today.

Milwaukee Electronics, which has assembly plants in Wisconsin and Oregon, will acquire San Diego PCB for an undisclosed sum. San Diego PCB founder Mike Creeden will join Milwaukee Electronics as a vice president.

WASHINGTON - The US EPA is announcing the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate for potential risks to human health and the environment under Toxic Substances Control Act reform.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – ACE Production Technologies announced its 2017 schedule of selective soldering workshops here.  Workshops feature a combination of classroom and hands-on curriculum.

SHANGHAI -- SMTA China is requesting papers for its annual conference here next year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — October North American printed circuit board shipments were down 8.3% year-over-year. Year-to-date shipments were up 2.8%. Sequentially, October shipments decreased 13.9%, says IPC.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – Nordson EFD has introduced a Better Dispensing How-To Video series.

WAYZATA, MN -- Paula Graff, vice president and chief financial officer of Nortech Systems, has informed the company of her plans to retire in March.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- A major investor in Northern European EMS companies has taken a 10% stake in Kitron ASA.

PHILADELPHIA ― ACI Technologies, a manufacturing and research corporation dedicated to the advancement of electronics processes and materials, is making available a free e-booklet titled “Failure Analysis Techniques for Electronics.”

MINNEAPOLIS -- SMTA announced 2017 dates for its annual electronics assembly and manufacturing trade show in Atlanta.

TORONTO, ON, CANADA -- Celestica has completed its purchase of the business assets of Lorenz Inc. and Suntek Manufacturing Technologies, SA de CV, collectively known as Karel Manufacturing, a Mexico-based manufacturing services company.

SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average sales at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose nearly 20% year-over-year to $1.63 billion in October.