SURABAYA, INDONESIA -- The AirAsia crash that led to the death of all 162 aboard last year was triggered by cracked solder joints on the plane's rudder control warning system, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board orders declined 20.5% year-over-year in October, IPC says. Year-to-date orders increased 2.1%, while orders were down 6% sequentially.

ATLANTA, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazine today announced Jabil Circuit as its EMS Company of the Year for 2015.

ARAD, ROMANIA -- Cicor will double the size of its production site here by the end of 2016, the EMS firm said yesterday.

TAIPEI -- After a rebound in 2014, global LCD TV shipments will slip in 2015, according a TrendForce subsidiary.

LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND -- Plexus will reduce headcount by more than one-third at its operations here due to end-market slowdowns.

RATBY, UK -- GE’s Inspection Technologies business unit this week opened a nondestructive test technology center here to serve the local electronics market.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – While virtual reality continues to make waves in the press, augmented reality will prove to be the bigger market in time, says ABI Research, reaching approximately $100 billion in total market worth by 2020.

NORTHVALE, NJ -- ADM Tronics Unlimited announced net income rose 2,931% to $508,503 for the September quarter.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Jacek Majchrzak of PartnerTech bested 46 competitors to win the IPC Hand Soldering Competition at Productronica this month.

SIMPSONVILLE, SC -- Kemet's chief executive this week testified before a US Congressional subcommittee that the Dodd-Frank law has had "positive impacts" on the area where the companies mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SOMERSET, NJ – Alpha is collaborating with the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester to develop Graphene-based electronic materials for electronics assembly and packaging, as well as for the energy and power markets.