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NEENAH, WI -- Plexus is building a design center in Germany, with an expected completion date in the December quarter.
Semiconductor equipment billings reached $7.46 billion, up 142% year-over-year, and up 32% sequentially.
SEMI gathered the information with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan from more than 120 global equipment firms.
ARLINGTON, VA -- Electronic component orders swung upward again in May, according to the monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components Association.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – A group of leading solder manufacturers has issued a position statement showing its support for government intervention as a means to stop the flow of controversial metal ores from Congolese mines.
The graduates were named outstanding students in the Waltham High School Vocational Electronics and Electrical programs.
This year’s recipients are Nicholas Benoit (electronics studies) and Peter Dennison (electrical studies).
Each student also received an Extech EX505 industrial multimeter and IR250 laser IR thermometer.
Extech provides handheld test and measurement tools worldwide.
PICKERING, UK – Contract Production Ltd. has acquired EMS firm Micro Forge Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.
Contract Production, a new company, reportedly has retained most of Micro Forge’s staff, and plans to hire an undisclosed number of new workers.
The firm will focus on low to medium-size production runs, and technical and prototype design assistance.
Contract Production’s first major contract is with Cirrus Research.
BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron ASA will open a fully owned subsidiary in Johnstown, PA, early next year, the company said.
KEMPELE, FINLAND -- A subsidiary of Finnish EMS company PKC Group Oyj has begun proceedings to close a factory and lay off 45 workers.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – The IPC Solder Products Value Council has published a free white paper that provides a set of test protocols for the evaluation of new Pb-free alloys on the basis of their physical properties.
STAMFORD, CT – The worldwide semiconductor market will rise 27% to $290 billion this year, said Gartner.
MANILA – EMS provider Ionics EMS will be delisted from the Singapore stock exchange June 23, a voluntary move in order to cut compliance costs.
The company, a subsidiary of Ionics Inc., will have its last trading day June 8. On May 31, Ionics bought 2.616 million EMS Ionics shares worth S$39,240, bringing its current total to 1.4 billion shares, or 90% of the subsidiary’s total equity. A cash offer has been made for the remaining 10%.
