BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average orders at North American printed circuit board fabricators were down in April on a year-over-year basis.

PENANG, MALAYSIA – Zestron South Asia has begun its production of cleaning solutions at its recently expanded site here, the company announced today.

ROME, NY -- Registration is open for the 37th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium, which takes place Sept. 27-Oct. 2 in Reno, NV.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall 6.2% in 2015, says International Data Corp.

LYON, FRANCE – “The semiconductor industry is facing a new era in which device scaling and cost reduction will not continue on the path they followed for the past few decades, with Moore’s Law in its foundation.”

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide factory revenue from the sale of servers increased 17.2% year-over-year to $12.8 billion in the first quarter, the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide shipments of tablets and 2-in-1 devices are forecast to reach 221.8 million units in 2015, down 3.8% from 2014, according to IDC.

WILMINGTON, MA – The Boston SMTA Chapter is holding a technical tutorial June 3 at Textron Systems here.

WAREHAM, DORSET, ENGLAND -- CSM Electronics and IO Electronics have officially announced a merger after months of negotiations in a bid to become one of the UK’s largest players in the electronics contract manufacturing arena.

KAUNAS, LITHUANIA -- Kitron opened a $7.63 million production facility and engineering services center here today, the EMS firm announced.

ZHUHAI -- PEI-Genesis has opened a 54,000 sq. ft. connector assembly facility here as part of the company’s strategic plan to expand into new geographies.

TAIPEI – Foxconn aims to develop 10 to 12 facilities in India by 2020, says chairman Terry Gou, according to reports.