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%.

MILPITAS, CA -- NBS this week completed its move into a new facility that expands floor space for its engineering and manufacturing operations by 50%. The Silicon Valley-based contract electronics manufacturer moved its manufacturing to Dixon Business Park here, a state-of-the-art facility of about 60,000 sq. ft.

LISLE, IL -- Molex has signed a definitive agreement to acquire fellow connector maker FCT Electronics Group for an undisclosed amount. The deal is pending governmental approval and is expected to close in the third quarter.

RICHARDSON, TX – An eBook on how to test DDR memory with non-intrusive JTAG or boundary-scan methods is available.

ST. LOUIS – Viasystems Group posted a net loss for the June quarter of $10.3 million, up from a net loss of $33 million a year ago, and a net loss in the previous quarter ended Mar. 31 of $13.3 million.

INDIANAPOLIS – ACE Production Technologies has opened a Midwest demo facility here inside an area EMS company.

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Sypris Solutions said its Electronics Group's sales fell 52% year-over-year as the impact of the US Defense Department sequestration took its toll. Revenues increased 6% sequentially to $7.7 million in its second quarter ended June 30, while the gross loss declined to $500,000.

LOS ANGELES -- Ducommun reported sales in its EMS operations were essentially flat during the second quarter as demand for aerospace and defense products offset slowness in other end-markets. The Company’s DLT segment reported net sales for the period ended June 29 of $107.5 million, compared to $107.8 million in 2012. Defense electronics and commercial aerospace revenue increased 16.5%, offset by a 25.8% decline in the segment’s non-A&D revenue.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Semiconductor Industry Association said worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $74.65 billion during the second quarter of 2013, up 6% sequentially.

NEW YORK -- Sales at Dover Corp.'s Printing & Identification business unit rose 5% sequentially in the June quarter on higher demand for consumer goods and acquisitions. Dover also inched closer to finding a buyer for some of the companies in the unit.

CHICAGO -- The number of transactions involving EMS companies during the second quarter fell by one from last year, but is expected to rise during the remainder of 2013 on an improving economy, according to a Chicago-based investment bank.