SAN JOSE – Dr. Ljubisa Stevanovic, chief engineer, energy conversion advanced technology for GE Global Research, will keynote iNEMI’s Alternative Energy Workshop here Oct. 20 - 21. 

The Cisco-hosted workshop will focus on the technology challenges and standardization gaps affecting deployment of alternative energies, and identify issues best resolved through collaborative efforts between the electronics industry and the energy sector.

Session topics include wind power; energy storage/power conditioning; solid state lighting; photovoltaics, and smart grid.

For more information, visit http://www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/Energy_WS_Oct2010.html.

TOKYO -- Japanese manufacturers of electronics equipment and components reported July sales rose 11.5% year-over-year to 1.28 trillion yen.

TORONTO -- Celestica plans to establish an R&D center near Taipei following years of lobbying, an emissary to Canada says.

MANILA -- In the wake of an eye-opening report on the Philippines' faltering R&D spending, domestic legislators are calling for new investment to beef up the nation's electronics industry.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- The cost of manufacturing DRAM increased for the first time in nearly four years during the second quarter, raising concerns about production expenses in the memory industry, according to research firm iSuppli.

SAN JOSE – North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a 90-day rolling average of $1.82 billion in orders in August, up nearly 200% from last year.

COHOES, NY -- PVA (Precision Valve & Automation) has relocated to a new, 115,000 sq. ft. facility here, where it will perform all manufacturing of its dispensers and valves.

SANTA ANA, CA – The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association requests abstracts for its first Technical Conference.

The Bay Area conference is scheduled for February 2011.

Original technical presentations should be unpublished and noncommercial in nature, and should address experiments, new techniques, processes and procedures used in the manufacture of photovoltaic and other solar power generation and energy-saving technologies.

Papers in the following disciplines will be considered: crystalline cell manufacturing technology; thin-film manufacturing technology; quality control; test and reliability; harsh environment applications; inverters and power transmission; storage, and solar collector technology.

Abstracts (350 words or fewer) are due by Oct. 30, and may be submitted at www.solar-ema.org.

CLEARWATER, FL -- US authorities on Tuesday indicted the owner of a local distributor on charges of selling counterfeit electronics components to the US military.

WASHINGTON -- From November 2007 through May 2010, US Customs officials said they seized 5.6 million bogus chips -- yet many more are finding their way into the US and even the military.

TORONTO -- Michael Marti, chief executive of Adeptron Technologies, has resigned, the EMS firm said today.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Celestica's chief financial officer says the end-of-year outlook is shaping up per previous guidance, and the company reiterated its revenue growth of 6 to 8% for the year.