WASHINGTON — The 90-day moving average worldwide semiconductor sales were $27.7 billion in August, down 3% year-over-year.

NEENAH, WI – Para Tech Coating has opened a new coating center here, expanding regional capabilities beyond its California and Connecticut operations.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Electronics manufacturer Ionics is working to bring IBM’s IoT Foundation to organizations across industries.

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Sparton will close its electronics assembly factory here by mid 2016 and lay off up to 82 workers, the company said today.

MANAUS CITY, BRAZIL -- Flex will acquire a former Nokia electronics production site here, where it will build smartphones and Xboxes for Microsoft.

TIJUANA, MEXICO -- Flex has opened a 530,000 sq. ft. medical device manufacturing facility and Center of Excellence here, calling it the "showcase" location for the EMS company's medical operations.

GENT, BELGIUM -- The caretaker of the Gerber electronics data transfer format is proposing efficiency improvements for handling fabrication and assembly panels.

SAN JOSE, CA – Ahead of its acquisition of Broadcom, Avago is selling its optical module unit to Foxconn for an undisclosed sum.

LYON, FRANCE – The volume of devices packaged using flip chip technology will double from 16 million wafers per year in 2014 to 32 million wafers per year in 2020, reaching $25 billion, says Yole Développement.

MONTERREY, MEXICO – Nortech Systems has launched printed circuit board assembly manufacturing at its facility here.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board orders grew 24.1% year-over-year in August, increasing year-to-date order growth to 6.2%. Orders were up 11.3% sequentially, says IPC.

OYSTER BAY, NY – The total head mounted display market is expected to ship around 65 million units in 2020, with a CAGR of 88%, says ABI Research.