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Original technical presentations should be unpublished and noncommercial in nature, and should address experiments, new techniques, processes and procedures used in the manufacture of photovoltaic and other solar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

BUFFALO GROVE, IL – Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America has moved into a new dedicated demonstration and training facility here in suburban Chicago.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – EMS firm SigmaTron International today reported first-quarter fiscal 2011 revenue of $38.1 million, up nearly 45% year-over-year.

For the period ended July 31, net income was $857,989. The contract electronics manufacturer reported a loss of $402,475 last year.

“Continuing our momentum from our last quarter, I am pleased to report a fourth consecutive profitable quarter with an increase in revenue and operating income over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Our results were driven by both increased revenue from existing customers and the addition of some new customers coming up to speed,” said president and CEO Gary R. Fairhead.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL – The Electronic Components and Technology Conference is requesting abstracts on recent, unpublished work for its 61st annual event taking place May 31 - June 3.

Abstracts should represent new developments and knowledge in any of the following: advanced packaging; applied reliability; assembly and manufacturing technology; electronic components and RF; emerging technologies; interconnections; materials and processing; modeling and simulation, or optoelectronics. 

Presentation of papers in a poster format is encouraged.

For more information, contact Wolfgang Sauter at wsauter@us.ibm.com.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Just two years after it faced possible trading suspension because of noncompliance with certain New York Stock Exchange equity minimums, Sparton's roadmap calls for the company to reach $500 million in sales by 2015, almost three times the revenue from fiscal 2010.

ATLANTA – Beginning Sept. 14, CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY seeks participants for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.