SAN DIEGO, CA – Koh Young will embark on a 90-day, 25 state tour of the US to demonstrate its 3D inspection technology.

SAN MATEO, CA – The advancement of computing no longer starts and ends with the personal computer, a leading market research firm noted today.

PLYMOUTH, UK – Mirtec is opening a manufacturing facility here.

ANAHEIM, CA – EPTAC and Microtek Laboratories said they are expanding training services at their West Coast IPC Master Training Center to include Counterfeit Component Training and Testing.

SAN JOSE -- Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity.

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA -- A pair of buses near Foxconn’s Zhengzhou campus crashed, killing at least seven and injuring 20, according to reports.

MILPITAS, CA -- EMS firm NBS has finalized plans to open a new 60,000 sq. ft. facility here later this quarter.

SAN DIEGO -- Jerry Murray, the longtime columnist and West Coast Editor for CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, has died. He was just shy of his 83d birthday.

SAN JOSE – SMTA requests abstracts for the 10th Annual International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference.

HERNDON, VA -- The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, Purdue University and Tuskegee University are teaming on an international effort to replace conventional electronics with more sustainable technologies and train a workforce to make the transition possible.

NEENAH, WI – Plexus today reported fiscal first-quarter 2013 revenue of $530.5 million, up a slight 0.17% year-over-year, and down 10.8% sequentially.

MILWAUKIE, OR – A two-month effort to uncover the oldest ECD M.O.L.E. thermal profiler has found a 25-year-old working model at Murata Power Solutions in Massachusetts.