MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek has completed an expansion of its laboratory testing facility at its headquarters here.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- Jabil is taking over certain operations inside IBM's plant here and will also take on an undisclosed number of IBM employees.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A July IPC report shows that global EMS first-quarter sales were down in all regions compared to last year.

OXFORD, CT – Brian D’Amico has been appointed president of Mirtec’s Industrial Camera Division, ISVI.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics' net income fell 79% year-over-year in the June period but the EMS provider did reverse its loss from the previous quarter. For its fiscal third quarter ended June 28, the company reported revenue of $35,154,000, down 2.4% from a year ago.

IRVINE, CA -- Multi-Fineline Electronix saw fiscal third quarter net sales plunge, primarily due to lower sales to a key customer. The company swung to a net loss of $31.5 million, compared to net income of $3.8 million last year.

HELSINKI, FINLAND – PKC Group reported revenue decreased 4% for the June quarter, compared to the same period last year, totaling EUR 235.1 million.

TORONTO -- The decline at SMTC continued in the second quarter as the electronics manufacturing services provider swung to a net loss of $6 million, down from a profit of $2.8 million a year ago. Revenue in the June period slipped 13.6% year-over-year and 1% sequentially to $64.9 million.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems reported net income for the second quarter rose 49% from last year to $187,000. The EMS firm reported net sales of $28.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, up 1% from last year and 10% sequentially.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. announced lower net income despite a jump in sales on strength in Europe and North America. The electronics manufacturing services provider reported net income fell 33% from last year to $2.1 million due primarily to lower capacity utilization in its China facilities.

HOUSTON – A group of leading electronics suppliers will host a series of cleaning, testing and reliability workshops in Texas next month.

SAN MATEO, CA – As expected, worldwide tablet shipment growth slowed in the second quarter according to preliminary data from International Data Corporation. Worldwide tablet shipments finally experienced a sequential decline as total volumes fell -9.7%.