CHATSWORTH, CA -- Natel Engineering has completed its merger with fellow EMS company OnCore Manufacturing. 

ROME, NY – The ESDA and JEDEC have published an update to the industry standard for ESD testing of components.

HERNDON, VA – Mercury Learning and Information has published Basic Electronics: Theory and Practice.

STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide IT spending is set to shrink to $3.66 trillion in 2015, a 1.3% decrease from 2014, says Gartner.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.5 million units in the first quarter, a year-over-year decline of 6.7%, according to IDC. 

ORLANDO --  API Technologies reported fiscal first-quarter revenue at its EMS segment plunged 41% year-over-year to $8.2 million. 

LOS ANGELES -- Ducommun today reported fourth-quarter sales at its LaBarge Technologies unit of $109.3 million, up 2% from 2013.

CHENNAI, INDIA – Alpha has opened a manufacturing and training facility here.

JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics announced a two-year gift pledge to the Huntingburg Stellar Fund of $25,000.

TAIPEI – Inventec is building a site here for startup businesses to run trial production and test prototypes, according to reports. The site will feature electrical tool sets, industrial design machines, and measurement verification systems.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Tablets are set to overtake notebook PCs as the largest mobile computing category, concludes new data from market researchers ABI Research.

BRIDGEWATER, MA -- Chase Corp. reported revenue of $52.3 million for the quarter ended Feb. 28, up 2.2% from last year.