SAN JOSE -- Jabil Circuit has leased a 100,000 sq. ft. building here, which the EMS company will use as an R&D center. 

IRVINE, CA -- Probe Manufacturing swung to a second-quarter profit of $16,314, up from a loss of $85,000 a year ago.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Samsung Electronics plans to establish a major cellphone manufacturing facility in Indonesia by year-end, according to reports.

UNION, KY -- The FBI has arrested a pair of electronics distributors and charged them with the sale of restricted military grade electronic components to China.

BANGKOK -- Fabrinet will postpone its fourth-quarter earnings release in the wake of an internal investigation into "certain accounting issues" uncovered by company management during its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 27. 

NEWARK, NY -- IEC's largest shareholder is taking aim at what it says is the EMS's management's "direct violation of [its] fiduciary duties to stockholders."

BANNOCKBURN, IL —  A new white paper from The IPC Solder Products Value Council and iNEMI provides insights for determining which lead-free solder alloys characteristics best match product requirements. 

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Agilent's Electronic Measurement unit, now known as Keysight Technologies, reported third-quarter revenues increased 8% from last year on a 7% rise in order.

PORTLAND, OR – The 9th Annual Medical Electronics Symposium will be held at Marylhurst University here Sept. 18-19.

TORONTO – SMTC reported second-quarter revenue of $58 million, down 10.7% year-over-year.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – A free assembly, cleaning, coating, and reliability workshop will take place here Sept. 16.

TAIPEI – Foxconn reported consolidated revenues of $8.66 billion for July, down 13.3% year-over-year, and down 17.9% sequentially.