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SMYRNA, GA -- What do BEST, DEK, Assembléon, Key Electronics, Kyzen and Mack Technologies have in common? Their customers say they provide industry-leading customer service.

MUNICH – ITOCHU will supply Takaya flying probe test customers with Aster Technologies’ novel test coverage analysis tool.

Aster’s TPQR for Takaya permits users to independently compute the test coverage provided by Takaya alone, or combined with other test/inspection equipment.

No financial terms of the partnership were disclosed.

TAIPEI -- Hon Hai (Foxconn) today reported September revenue rose 38% sequentially to NT$149.4 billion ($4.63 billion).

DETROIT -- A Foxconn worker is being accused of stealing trade secrets from his former employer -- Ford.

BRIDGEWATER, MA – Chase Corp. today reported third-quarter revenues of $25.1 million, down 26% year-over-year.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – Sonoscan president Dr. Lawrence W. Kessler received the Rayleigh Award presented by the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society of the IEEE.

IEEE selects one recipient annually on the basis of achievements in research, education, publications, and technical innovations.

Dr. Kessler founded Sonoscan in 1974. The firm develops and manufactures acoustic microscopes and acoustic micro imaging systems.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn will invest a reported $1 billion in a new production facility in Chengdu, China, the company said.

SINGAPORE -- Flextronics will develop a new facility in Wuzhong, China, to support growing domestic demand for computing products.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Global PC shipments rose 2.3% year-over-year in the third quarter, a positive sign for the holidays, according to several researchers.

SAN JOSE – The president of Kyocera Solar will keynote an upcoming Microelectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council symposium on the merger of solar and semiconductor technologies.

Steve Hill will present Creating New Markets: A Global Solar Outlook on Nov. 19 in San Jose.

Other sessions at Semiconductor to Solar: Growth Opportunities for the IC Industry include a photovoltaic industry overview and current trends; enabling technologies; manufacturing challenges and processing for solar photovoltaic, and future trends and opportunities for the IC industry.

To register, visit www.meptec.org.

HONG KONG – Flextronics International reportedly will hire more than 6,000 temporary workers in China this month as a result of rising demands.

The firm also plans to hire 1,000 more in time for Christmas, according to published reports.

Demand is said to be coming from every segment of the group.