MINNEAPOLIS---- HEI today announced Bob Heller will assume the responsibilities of CEO in addition to his role as chairman, effective immediately.

SAN JOSE, CA – The 90-day moving average orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 26.5% year-over-year in August, SEMI said today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The world market for PCBs declined an estimated 2.2% in real terms in 2013, although North America grew 0.8%, according to IPC.

NELSON, BC – Pacific Insight Electronics reported revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30 rose 2% year-over-year.

LONDON -- Global driverless vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driverless vehicle base reaching 176 million. 

NEW YORK -- As smartphone vendors and component suppliers continue to expand into the wearables market, smartwatches will comprise about 40% of consumer wristworn devices by 2016, Gartner predicts.

COLUMBUS, OH -- The Defense Logistics Agency reaffirmed DNA marking will continue to be an integral part of its program to deter and detect counterfeit microcircuits in Federal Supply Class (FSC) 5962.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil says, due to better than expected profitability in the third quarter, it is changing its full-year 2014 operating profit outlook to 14.5 to 16 million euro.

AMHERST, MA -- A new study of some 501 electronics workers in Malaysia found that 28% in situations of forced labor.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- The proliferation of advanced electronic products and complex electronic content is compelling OEMs to outsource testing needs to EMS providers, a new report asserts.

NEWARK, NY – The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed the consolidated securities class action lawsuit against IEC Electronics, its CEO and CFO.

WASHINGTON -- Nvidia is suing Qualcomm and Samsung over the import and use of the latter's GPUs, which Nvidia claims infringe its patents.