WASHINGTON -- The US Commerce Department seeks public input on a revised export control list.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Printed electronics is seeing a surge in orders, government and industry-funded development programs, acquisitions and company fundraising, says IDTechEx.

It is now at a “tipping point” because of a sharp improvement in performance, price and repertoire, says the research firm.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide semiconductor revenues will grow 9% year-over-year in 2011 to $303 billion, and will achieve a CAGR of 6% for the 2010 to 2015 forecast period, according to International Data Corp. Revenues will hit nearly $380 billion by 2015, the firm says.

IRVING, TX – Private equity startup Longwater Opportunities has purchased 40% of PCB maker W-Tek.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Longwater purchased Circuitronics last year, when W-Tek was a supplier to the PCB assembler.

Circuitronics’ former owner Jeff Forbus purchased 60% of W-Tek, say published reports.  

CHONGQING, CHINA – Walsin Technology Corp., and its subsidiaries Global Brands Manufacture Ltd. and Prosperity Dielectrics Co., signed an agreement with the Chongqing Municipal City Government to build passive component factories here.

XIAMEN, CHINA – EMS firm Plexus Corp. said today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase land for the construction of a new manufacturing facility here, adjacent to its current facility.

LOS ALTOS, CA – Aggressive deficit spending, record-low interest rates, consumer subsidies and inventory rebuilding gradually lifted world GDP from a 6.5% annualized rate of contraction during the fourth quarter of 2008 to a strong 4.9% expansion during the first quarter of 2010. However, the impact of those expansive measures has gradually worn off, says Henderson Ventures.

SAN JOSE – Shocking Technologies opened its expanded production facility, unveiling a manufacturing plant for voltage switchable dielectric material.

The lab and equipment will be used to develop, simulate and produce the company’s nanocomposite Xtstatic 100 VSD material. Xstatic is embedded in PCBs or semiconductor packaging to increase a product’s protection against harmful ESD events.

The facility is capable of producing material to equip more than 200 million cellphones or other similar products a year, the firm says.

Shocking Technologies’ manufacturing line is run by a site-wide manufacturing execution system that maintains product genealogy and component traceability.

The City of San Jose and its redevelopment agency made an investment of $500,000 toward capital equipment.

STAMFORD, CT – The semiconductor market rallied in 2010, with worldwide revenue reaching a landmark $300.3 billion in 2010, up 31.5% year-over-year, says Gartner.

ALBANY, NY – Sematech, the Semiconductor Industry Association and Semiconductor Research Corp. said they have established a 3D enablement program to drive industry standardization efforts and technical specifications for heterogeneous 3D integration. 

CAROL STREAM, IL – Norlux recently added a DEK Horizon 03iX printing platform. 

Norlux designs and manufactures high-brightness LED solutions for a variety of applications within the architectural, transportation, industrial and medical markets.

The firm recently developed the Gryphon LED driver for the architectural fixture market.

SAN JOSE – SEMI forecasts 8% annual growth in installed fab capacity for 2010, at least another 8% for 2011, and at least 9% for 2012.