DOWNERS GROVE, IL -- Dover Corp. has realigned its business units and named John Hartner to run its newly created Printing & Identification segment.

TEMPE, AZ -- US manufacturing activity expanded in November for the 28th consecutive month, a monthly survey of supply executives revealed today.

BANG PA-IN, THAILAND -- Western Digital's facilities here are coming back online faster than expected, with production started at one of its previously flooded sites.

SAN JOSE -- The worldwide semiconductor market this year is projected to top $300 billion for the first time, and growth will accelerate over the next two years.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn International Holdings chief executive Chin Wai Leung will resign effective Jan. 1, citing family demands.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Machine vision OEM Datalogic will acquire PPT Vision in a deal valued at $5.2 million.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board shipments in October decreased 9.6% year-over-year, as orders dipped 0.1% from October 2010, says IPC.

PITTSBURGH -- A private equity group has acquired the assets of The Millennia Group, a PCB fabricator and EMS company with multiple sites in the Midwest.

BUCKS, UK – A UK-based technical association has released an interactive guide to inspecting for fake components.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting comments on the proposed renewal of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements on the production, importation, recycling, destruction and shipment of ozone-depleting substances.

DUBLIN -- The global semiconductor equipment market will grow 3.8% compounded annually from 2010 to 2015, a new research report says.

FT. COLLINS, CO -- Dr. William (Bill) Kenyon, 74, the scientist many credit as the driving force behind SMT cleaning technology, passed away Nov. 22 following a brief illness.