TORONTO – Celestica posted third quarter revenue ended Sept. 30 of $1.41 billion, down 1% year-over-year.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Kitron reported third quarter revenue of $57.6 million, up 23% year-over-year.

SAN JOSE – Flex reported fiscal second quarter net sales ended Sept. 25 of some $6.3 billion, down 3.2% year-over-year and up 13.5% sequentially.

ROME, NY -- The ESD Association seeks abstracts for technical papers covering the effects of electrostatic discharge, electrical overstress and static electricity for its 38th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium next September.

LANDSBERG AM LECH, GERMANY-- A newly released multi-year joint study supports transient liquid phase sintering materials as an alternative for high temperature lead-based solders.

LONDON -- A UK government agency is committing more than $6 million toward the establishment of a consortium to re-imagine how high frequency circuit boards are created.

STAMFORD, CT – Gartner this week lowered its forecast for worldwide semiconductor capital spending, citing continued weakness in end-user demand.

CORONA, CA – The founder of Aqueous Technologies has released a new book on cleaning printed circuit boards.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron opened a seventh facility in Anyang-si Gyeonggido, South Korea, in April, the firm says.

STAMFORD, CT -- Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $337.8 billion in 2015, a decline of 0.8% from 2014, according to Gartner.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic today announced preliminary fiscal 2016 first quarter revenue of approximately $126 million, in line with previous guidance.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The inventor of the Segway and a leading expert on robotics in the military are on tap to keynote IPC Apex Expo next March.