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BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC released a global survey this month to collect data for the IPC International Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections, and for IPC’s 2014 Technology Trends Study.
ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today guided for higher-than-expected revenue for its fiscal fourth-quarter ended Oct. 24. The EMS company had previously guided for $685 million to $715 million in revenue for the period.
MINNEAPOLIS -- CyberOptics received a double dose of good news as its board settled on a permanent CEO and raised its outlook for the just-completed fourth quarter. The AOI equipment maker expects sales of $8.2 million to $8.6 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, exceeding previous sales guidance of $7 million to $8 million.
AUSTIN, TX – Embedded resistors, widely employed in the defense and aerospace industry, are finding new applications in consumer, telecom, computing and industrial, a new report says. Likewise, planar capacitance, used in the high-performance computing and communication segments for many years, is expanding into IC packages and modules thanks to higher capacitance levels now available, says TechSearch International.
TAIPEI -- Foxconn reported December consolidated revenues of NT$490.9 billion ($16.4 billion), a new company record. Sales were up 7.6% sequentially and 18.9% year-over-year.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 4% in November compared to the same month in 2012, says IPC.
SINGAPORE – Top 20 electronics manufacturing services company Venture is expected to show earnings growth of 11% in 2014, recovering from weak business in the first quarter of 2013, according to published reports.
SAINT HERBLAIN, FRANCE – Lacroix SA reported revenue of EUR 328.8 million for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, up 1.2% year-over-year.
PALM BAY, FL -- MC Assembly will receive more than $850,000 in property tax relief for its operations here after a local county board voted to approve the deal.
MANASSAS, VA – Zestron has released its 10-part 2014 Cleaning Webinar Series schedule. The core curriculum consists of free webinars beginning with Why Clean PCBs on Jan. 23.
SHENZHEN -- Nam Tai Electronics announced that a US class action lawsuit filed against the company and two of its executives by several shareholders has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs, with prejudice. No payment or consideration of any kind was made by any of the defendants in connection with the dismissal.
