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AYLESBURY, UK – Dage Precision Industries has moved its group headquarters to a 36,000 sq. ft. building here that includes a production area twice the size of its old facility.

BEAVERTON, OR -- Pentagon EMS, a supplier of tooling and fixtures for electronics assembly, has acquired nearby Proco Manufacturing. Terms were not disclosed.

TEMPE, AZ -- The nation's top indicator of purchasing activity rose 2.7 points in May to its highest level in eight months as the manufacturing sector slowly emerges from the recession bottom.

LOS ALTOS, CA -- First-quarter medical electronics revenues fell 2.6%, but an economic recovery along with federal stimulus should bring US equipment production growth to 9.7% in 2011.

MILTON, NY -- Sono-Tek reported annual sales for the year ended Feb. 28 rose 12.5% year-over-year to $6.4 million. The net loss was $1.5 million, down from net income of $11,205 a year ago.

SAN JOSE – The 90-day moving average sales of semiconductors rose to $15.6 billion worldwide in April, down 25% year-over-year but up 6.4% sequentially.

ELKHART, IN – EMS provider CTS Corp. said it would establish a liaison office near New Delhi to engage in business development activities to support India’s growing automotive and electronics industries.

STAMFORD, CT -- Gartner raised its outlook for the worldwide semiconductor market revenue, saying it will drop 22.4% in 2009, up from a February estimate of a 24.1% fall.

HONG KONG -- Surface Mount Technology Holdings, a top 30 EMS company, reported revenue plunged 52% year-over-year to HK$397.7 million ($51.3 million) for the quarter ended March 31.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics is commencing a cash tender offer to purchase up to $200 million worth of its outstanding long-term notes and is proposing changes to existing terms that would permit the EMS company to retire up to $500 million worth of other debt early.

DORSET, UK – Blakell Europlacer Ltd. will hold a free process/productivity improvement seminar July 15-17 at the company’s headquarters in Poole, Dorset.

NEW YORK -- The Russian electronics manufacturing industry will grow 165% over the next seven years, reaching $4.91 billion by 2015, according to a new report.