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PHOENIX -- ON Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics have settled their outstanding patent infringement actions over DRAM products.

While the terms are confidential, the companies said they have agreed to cross-license their respective patent portfolios for a "significant term of years."

The two companies had sued each other over the rights to certain memory technology.

EL SEGUNDO, CA — Global mobile internet device unit shipments expected to expand by nearly a factor of eight from 2007 to 2012, according to iSuppli Corp.

SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries reported fourth-quarter sales rose 3% to $59.9 million but net income fell 22% to $4.7 million from a year ago.

SUWANEE, GA – ASYS Solar tripled its annual revenues for the fourth time in a row on “substantial orders” in the second half of 2008, the firm says.

The privately held firm, which develops equipment for backend solar cell production, recently hired additional personnel in R&D, production and service.

Production floor space at the company’s headquarters in Dornstadt, Germany has been doubled to approximately 200,000 sq. ft.

ASYS Solar is a business unit of the ASYS Group.

MANKATO, MN – Winland Electronics reported fourth-quarter net sales of $7.8 million, up 3.6% year-over-year.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA and MEPTEC are combining events to create the 2009 Medical Electronics Symposia, which will be held Sept. 23 and 24 in Tempe, AZ.

Each organization will organize complementary one-day tracks of technical presentations to be held on opposite days. Attendees will have the option to attend both days of the program or purchase a one-day pass to attend individual sessions.

The symposia will cover development, reliability and quality of medical electronics, materials processing and medical electronics assembly, battery technology, environmental and worldwide regulations and more.

Both organizations will issue a call for abstracts in April.

For information, contact Melissa Serres at melissa@smta.org.

The SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium, previously held in Anaheim, CA and Minneapolis, MN, is in its 6th year.

MEPTEC’s symposium, in its 4th year, has been held in Phoenix, AZ.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics International, in a statement issued today, said it would cut an undisclosed number of jobs and close certain plants as the world's second largest EMS company tries to rebound from a global slump.

Flextronics also said it will move manufacturing capacity to lower-cost sites.

EL SEGUNO, CA — Eight of the Top 10 semiconductor firms suffered revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp.

TAIPEI - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) reported its lowest revenues in two years, with February non-consolidated falling 10.5% sequentially and 10.6% year-over-year.

The company, the world's largest EMS provider, had sales of NT$82.7 billion ($2.38 billion) for the month.

Foxconn cited IT seasonality and lackluster consumer electronics sales for the drop.

ARLINGTON, VA -- Electronic component orders continued to fall in February, but not as sharply as in January, according to the monthly index compiled by the Electronic Components Association. The 12-month average, comparing this year's results to last year's, continued a descent that began last summer.

Although the overall trend continued to be down there was a glimmer of hope from a couple of companies that reported orders above 2008 levels in the last week of the month.

"I believe the numbers show that the economic downturn is affecting different companies in different ways," said Bob Willis, ECA president, in a statement.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- A local paper is reporting that Flextronics has filed documents in Illinois indicating plans to close operations in Elk Grove Village this Spring, a move that would cost 113 workers their jobs.

The Daily Herald says the operations at 1150 Lively Blvd. and 1065 Chase Ave. will be closed by May. Flextronics did not comment on the report.

NANTOU, TAIWAN – Universal Scientific Industrial reported February consolidated net revenue of $95.8 million, up 5% sequentially and down 41% year-over-year.

On a non-consolidated basis, monthly net revenue amounted to $44.1 million, up 28% sequentially and down 28% year-over-year.

USI, which is the world’s 24^th largest EMS company according to the Circuits Assembly Top 50, reported electronics packaging and EMS sales of $23.4 million, or 24% of total revenue. The figure was up 24% sequentially and down 39% from the same period last year.

Computers and peripherals showed net revenue of $26.2 million (27% of total sales), up 11% sequentially and down 48% year-over-year.

Communications also accounted for 24% of revenue, at $22.9 million, up 2% sequentially and down 29% year-over-year.