ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics reported first-quarter net income nearly doubled to $11 million, despite lower sales and softness in the computing sector.

ELKHART, IN -- CTS announced first-quarter EMS segment sales plunged 27% on lower demand for defense and aerospace electronics.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron chief executive Jørgen Bredesen will resign from the contract assembler, effective no later than October.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- The global market for auto driver-assist systems is forecast to grow 41% compounded annually through 2020, new research says.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Smartphone shipments now account for a larger percentage of mobile handset shipments than feature phones and low-cost handsets in much of the world, but the trend is shifting.

MILAN – Flextronics opened a 53,800 sq. ft. medical design center here, according to published reports.

WASHINGTON – IPC's annual lobbying trip to Washington will take place June 19 and 20.

ENDICOTT, NY – Endicott Interconnect Technologies said CEO Jay McNamara retired as of April 12.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works today reported first-quarter revenues at its Test & Measurement and Electronics segment fell 2.1% from a year ago.

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Ayrshire Electronics chairman and chief executive Milo Bryant has died following a brief illness. He was 82.

TORONTO -- The loss of RIM as a major customer set back Celestica's revenue by 19% year-over-year for the period ended March 31.

SAN JOSE – Sanmina Corp. reported revenue of $1.43 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended Mar. 30, down 2.1% year-over-year, and down 4% sequentially.