OYSTER BAY, NY -- Smart clothing will soon extend beyond fitness to target a wide range of personal, health and enterprise uses, topping 18 million clothing articles annually by 2021.

GLAUBURG, GERMANY -- Speedprint Technology has begun offering direct sales and support to customers German-speaking regions, colocating with its sister business unit, Europlacer in its new premises at Glauburg, near Frankfurt.

WOKING, UK -- Vision Engineering has teamed up with industry expert Bob Willis on a free webinar series aimed at identifying the issues affecting PCB/SMT assembly and the challenges of achieving zero defect manufacture.

WASHINGTON — The 90-day moving average semiconductor sales reached $25.8 billion worldwide in April, down 6.2% from 2015 and 1% lower than the revised March figure.

CYPRESS, CA – OK International has moved into a new world headquarters here.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3.1% in 2016, a substantial slowdown from the 10.5% growth in 2015 and 27.8% in 2014, says International Data Corp. Shipments are expected to hit 1.48 billion in 2016 and grow to 1.84 billion in 2020. The new forecast is 2.6 percentage points lower than IDC's previous forecast for 2016 on the basis of the continued slowdown in mature markets and China.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to decline for the second straight year in 2016, dropping 9.6% compared to 2015 volumes, according to International Data Corp.

SKOLKOVO, RUSSIA – Kunshan Nano New Material, a subsidiary of Foxconn, will build a research and development center here.

POOLE, DORSET, ENGLAND -- Ken Dickie, a customer support engineer at Blakell Europlacer for more than 15 years, has passed away following a tragic assault near his home here. 

SAN FRANCISCO – The global flexible electronics market was $20.9 billion in 2015, and is estimated to reach $87.2 billion by 2024, says Grand View Research.

WASHINGTON -- The SIA welcomed recommendations agreed to by global semiconductor industry leaders outlining a series of policy proposals to strengthen the industry through greater international cooperation.

TAIPEI -- Average contract prices of TLC- and MLC-based products fell 4 to 11% and 6 to 10%, respectively, on a sequential basis in the second quarter, according to DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.