COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- A new white paper details how to overcome assembly challenges of QFNs through proper stencil design and solder mask layout.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (the common name for Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported August non-consolidated revenues rose 3.7% year-over-year.

OLATHE, KS -- Elecsys reported fiscal first-quarter contract electronics assembly sales fell 24% year-over-year as the company eliminated its lower-margin programs.

HARTLEPOOL, UK -- EMS firm Stadium Group has acquired all shares of displays OEM IGT Industries for up to £4.2 million in cash.

HONG KONG -- Local courts in two countries have approved creditors' plans for the restructuring of Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Ltd., the company said today.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Passive components manufacturer AVX will stand trial this week over allegedly polluting local water supplies.

ANGERS, FRANCE -- Local authorities have given workers at a Technicolor set-top box factory here a one-month stay of execution from a shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC -- A US House committee is investigating possible security threats to the nation's infrastructure from two large Chinese telecommunications companies.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Sparton Corp. today announced fiscal fourth quarter net income swung to a profit as EMS and medical sales offset lower sonobouy demand.

GUANGZHOU CITY, CHINA -- A  Viasystems Group printed circuit board plant here will be offline for up to six weeks following a fire early yesterday.

Asteelflash continues to move up the rankings of the CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Top 50 by pursuing an aggressive acquisition approach. With its recent purchase of German contract electronics assembler EN Electronic Network, Asteelflash is pushing north of $960 million in aggregate revenue, and its combined 31 plants rival several much larger EMS firms. Asteelflash CEO Gilles Benhamou explained the firm's moves to CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY editor in chief Mike Buetow in September.

SAN JOSE -- Will this year's semiconductor equipment slowdown mean pent-up demand will explode next year?