BANNOCKBURN, IL -- After 29 years, an IPC icon is departing.

WUXI, CHINA -- Nam Tai Electronics's long-awaited expansion in Wuxi has begun.

SAN JOSE -- Ultratech has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM covering fundamental patents in packaging such as C4 bumping, ball grid arrays, lead-free solders and 3D packaging.

SAN DIEGO -- Qualcomm's chief executive won't rule out acquiring a chip fabrication plant or buying up large amounts of electronic components to overcome supply chain inventory problems.

NEW YORK -- A new investigative report from human rights watchdog group China Labor Watch claims "rampant" labor rights violations at Foxconn's Shenzhen factory and nine other plants in China that supply Apple.

SAN JOSE – Tessera Technologies said its wholly-owned subsidiary, DigitalOptics, has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Vista Point Technologies from Flextronics.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Photo Stencil employees have returned to work at their headquarters here after smoke levels from local wild fires receded.

PHOENIX -- Avnet is seeing pricing and lead times stabilizing in analog, DSP, microcontrollers and power components, the distributor said today.

WASHINGTON -- The US government is seeking public submissions on combating intellectual property infringement.

GUANGZHOU -- 3CEMS has launched design services for customers requiring help ranging from research and development to end-product builds.

STAMFORD, CT — Worldwide wafer fab equipment spending is on pace to fall 8.9% to $33 billion in 2012 on lower demand for logic production gear.

JAVA, INDONESIA – Foxconn plans to construct a large manufacturing site in Indonesia, according to published reports.