HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- Courts in Hong Kong and Bermuda will hold hearings in early September to approve creditor's plans for bankrupt EMS firm Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Ltd.

ZURICH – Printed circuit board fabricator and assembler Cicor today reported first-half net income rose 368% year-over-year to CHF 1.4 million.

WESTLAKE, OH -- Sales at Nordson's Advanced Technology Systems business unit climbed 39% year-over-year to $175.2 million for the period ended July 31.

COLUMBUS, OH -- A US district court jury has found a New York man guilty on 39 counts of mail and wire fraud, false claims and money laundering for selling nonconforming parts to the Department of Defense.

TORONTO -- EMS firm Bittele Electronics has moved to a larger facility here.

BANGKOK – Fabrinet today reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $142.8 million, down 25% year-over-year.

LOUISVILLE, KY – Electronics manufacturing service provider Ayrshire Electronics has tapped Bob Toler to run its newly formed product design group.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics' chairman says the EMS company is "looking at acquisitions" with a particular interest in larger deals.

SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average orders for North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers fell 1.5% year-over-year on seasonality.

WASHINGTON, DC -- In sharp contrast to the near-collective consecutive quarterly revenue declines reported by US defense contractors in the first quarter of 2012, most companies exhibited quarterly revenue growth for the second quarter. This is despite the ongoing challenges of declining defense budgets as well as the unresolved issue of sequestration in the US.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- On a worldwide basis Apple and other multinational OEMs may be the leading semiconductor purchasers in 2012, but within the all-important Asia-Pacific region it is the locally based companies that are No. 1 when it comes to chip spending growth.

ARLINGTON, VA -- The June order index compiled by the Electronic Components Industry Association moved downward as the uncertainty in world markets continued.