MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems today reported first-quarter net sales of $25.9 million, down 8.8% from a year ago and up 3.4% sequentially.

TAIPEI -- DRAM availability is tightening and PC vendors in particular might start feeling the constraints, according to published reports.

OULU, FINLAND – JOT Automation has moved its headquarters back to Oulu, Finland.

MEDINA, MN ― Automated optical inspection OEM ASC International has opened its new 13,000 sq. ft. corporate office here.

SAN DIEGO -- A private investigation is underway on behalf of investors in Nam Tai Electronics over potential securities laws violations by the contract assembler and some of its directors and officers.

GENEVA -- A vote that would have permitted electronics equipment manufacturers to send certain types of electronics waste to developing nations for disposal went down in defeat this week.

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND -- Tait Communications is contemplating cutting about 10% of its local workforce, according to published reports.

OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND – Improving efficiency to win new onshore business is the focus of the Smart Group's annual European Conference and Exhibition.

MUNICH -- Matrix Technologies has acquired fellow inspection equipment OEM FocalSpot for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced today.

MINNEAPOLIS -- HEI Inc. swung to a first-quarter profit on a big jump in sales, in particular for military communications equipment.

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles-based private equity firm has acquired Smart Electronics & Assembly for an undisclosed amount.

CHICAGO -- The number of EMS industry transactions fell year-over-year during the first quarter, says an investment bank that tracks the industry.