BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC today commended the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy for taking action on the draft rules covering control of toxic substances.

PENANG -- Jabil Circuit has agreed to spend about $8.4 million on a 20-acre plot here where it plans to establish a new manufacturing campus.

TRIESTE, ITALY – Alcatel-Lucent and Flextronics have signed a letter of intent for the proposed transfer of Alcatel-Lucent's optical transport manufacturing plant and related assets to Flextronics.

TAIPEI – Global DRAM revenue fell 7.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2015, with revenue totaling $12 billion, says DRAMeXchange.

LOS ANGELES – Ducommun today reported first-quarter revenue in its EMS segment rose 2.9% year-over-year to $100.9 million.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JoAnn Stromberg, the SMTA’s executive administrator for the past 29 years, announced her plans to retire at the end of December.

CORONA, CA – Aqueous Technologies has released a 26-page guide to cleaning contaminants from printed circuit boards.

STUTTGART, GERMANY – Dekra and iST Group have formed a joint venture to conduct PCB reliability testing and failure analysis in Taiwan and mainland China.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn reported April revenues rose 19.7% year-over-year to NT$352.5 billion ($11.5 billion).

ATLANTA –  PCB West today announced the largest three-day conference in its 24-year history. 

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics today reported fiscal second quarter revenue slipped 5.5% year-over-year to $32.9 million.

IRVINE, CA -- MFlex reported first-quarter sales sales of $149.1 million, up 27% from last year.