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PENANG -- The SMTA is seeking papers for the South East Asia Technical Conference on Electronics Assembly Technologies in November.

The conference takes place Nov. 19-20, in Penang, Malaysia, in conjunction with the SMTA Penang Academy and 2009 SMTA Penang Tabletop Exhibition.

The abstract (300 words) deadline is July 6. Visit http://www.smta.org/education/education.cfm#asia_pacific for more information or to submit an abstract.

SALEM, NH -- A Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies technician was airlifted to an intensive care unit after a wave soldering machine caught fire and burned him from the chest up on Monday.

NEENAH, WI -- The outlook for Plexus in fiscal 2009 is stabilizing, the EMS company told analysts Wednesday. The company reiterated its long-term target of 15 to 18% growth, saying it could reach $3.4 billion in sales by fiscal 2013.

WASHINGTON – The Secretary of the Navy has been confirmed as the Department of Defense Executive Agent for printed circuit board technology, according to a memorandum issued this week by the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

MILWAUKEE – Rockwell Automation will close plants in Dublin, GA, and Sumner, IA, next year and lay off more than 300 workers, the company said.

EL SEGUNDO, CA – Saying the electronics manufacturing industry is now “out of the hypergrowth phase,” iSuppli today forecast the sector would grow an anemic 1.1% compounded annually between 2009 and 2013.

WASHINGTON – The Semiconductor Industry Association today presented its 2009 Innovation Leadership Award to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for spearheading the development of the Democratic Innovation Agenda and for her strong support for funding the science and education provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the America COMPETES Act.

ALAMEDA, CA – Quarterly Forum, the now-former electronics manufacturing research arm of Technology Forecasters Inc., has launched a regular newsletter looking at the key levers impacting the economy.

CRAN GEVRIER, FRANCE – Prodelectronic has acquired DEK’s platform product sales business and stencil sales and manufacturing business in France. Terms of the deal, which was finalized on June 5, were not disclosed.

ELKHART, IN -- Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems has awarded CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions a three-year, $35-million add-on manufacturing contract.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus reiterated its fiscal third-quarter guidance ahead of a scheduled meeting with analysts.

STAMFORD, CT -- IT budgets will drop 4.7% on average this year, according to the latest survey of the nation's corporate chief information officers.