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WALTHAM, MA – Extech Instruments has awarded two scholarships to local high school graduates.

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.

The EU WEEE Directive, in place since Aug. 13, 2005, could have served as a model for what to do and what not to do when state legislatures propose and enact e-waste Legislation. It would appear that many of the same issues facing manufacturers that place products on the market in the EU are being repeated in the states' legislation.

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%.

MIGDAL HAEMEK, ISRAEL -- Rudolph Technologies has filed a claim in US District Court alleging two Camtek AOI machines infringe a recently issued patent.

BRUSSELS – Some substances, including halogenated flame retardants and PVC, should undergo further assessments for safe use in electrical and electronic equipment, said the European Parliament Environment Committee in a vote today.