EDINA, MN – Hanju Oh from the Georgia Institute of Technology has received the 2015 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant, the SMTA announced.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $84 billion during the second quarter, up 1% sequentially and 2% from a year ago.

PRAGUE -- Foxconn has signed a memorandum of cooperation to invest some 2.5 billion crowns ($102 million) toward a new research and design center in the Czech Republic.

HONG KONG – ASM Pacific Technology's SMT Solutions unit reported big second-quarter gains, boosted by the DEK acquisition.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Cemtrex reported third-quarter revenue increased 9% year-over-year to $14.7 million.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 337.2 million units worldwide in the second quarter, up 11.6% year-over-year, says International Data Corp.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – SigmaTron International reported fiscal fourth quarter revenues of $60 million, up nearly 8% year-over-year.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics today announced fiscal first-quarter net sales fell 16.2% year-over-year. 

TORONTO – Celestica reported second quarter revenue ended June 30 of $1.42 billion, down 4% year-over-year, and up 9% sequentially.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Electronics manufacturer SVI Public Ltd. is set to build a factory here for security camera assembly. The cameras will be exported to Europe.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today reported second-quarter sales fell 7.4% year-over-year to $664 million.

 NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported fiscal third quarter revenue ended July 4 of $669.6 million, up 7.9% year-over-year, and up 2.8% sequentially.