REDMOND, WA -- Data I/O said third-quarter net sales slipped 0.9% year-over-year on currency fluctuations but rose 24% sequentially.

NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported fiscal fourth quarter revenue ended Oct. 3 of $668.7 million, up 0.38% year-over-year, and down 0.13% sequentially.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic's fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 46% and the EMS firm swung to a net profit as it fully absorbed the acquisition of Ayrshire.

HELSINKI -- Scanfil's third quarter revenues rose 140% year-over-year, bolstered by its acquisition of PartnerTech.

SAN JOSE -- SMTC today reported revenue slipped 3.8% to $53.1 million and the net loss widened to $1.3 million from $800,000 a year ago.

HONG KONG – ASM Pacific Technology and Siliconware Precision Industries will establish a joint venture to develop and manufacture molded interconnect substrates for advanced semiconductor chips, the firms announced.

ZURICH – Cicor will restructure its PCB and EMS operations and take about $5 million in one-time charges due to pending layoffs, the company said today.

TAIPEI – Electronics manufacturer Lite-On Technology has signed a multi-million dollar deal to create an R&D center with National Tsing Hua University.

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the three-month moving average orders rose 35% over a year ago in September.

ANGLETON, TX – Benchmark Electronics has purchased Secure Communications Systems for $230 million in cash.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today reported third-quarter sales fell 13.8% year-over-year to $630 million.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SMTA requests abstracts for the 10th Annual International Conference on Soldering and Reliability. The conference will take place May 9-11, 2016, in Toronto.