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ZALAEGERSZEG, HUNGARY -- Flextronics will hire 100 to 200 additional staff for its factory here as demand for new products ramps.

WASHINGTON -- Technology policy in the new Administration, free trade and the DTV transition were the major themes at the Consumer Electronics Association’s Washington Forum.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PWB shipments dropped 28.3% year-over-year in March and orders decreased 38%, says IPC.

SAN FRANCISCO – The California EPA’s Department of Toxic Substance Control on Apr. 29-30 will hold a meeting for developing its own chemical regulatory framework.

WALTHAM, MA -- Nearly 50 PWB fabricators and CAD software tool suppliers will exhibit their latest products and services at the 14th annual PCB East this week.

TOYKO -- NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology have agreed to a merger that would form the world's third-largest semiconductor company.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A task force of US PWB fabricators has published a list of policy recommendations for the US Department of Defense to ensure the US has the technical expertise and capacity to meet future military requirements.

REDMOND, WA – Data I/O Corp.’s first-quarter revenues in 2009 were $4.4 million, down 29% year-over-year.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic Corp. promoted Craig Gates to president and chief executive, effective immediately, replacing Jack W. Oehlke, who resigned for health reasons.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC announced winners of the first IPC Academic Poster Competition at Apex.

BOSTON – Electronics New England is not an oxymoron.

That much was made clear this week as easily more than 1,000 attendees visited the two-day trade show here at the vast Boston Convention Center. Despite several high-profile plant closings so far this year – Plexus in Ayer, MA, and Jabil in Billerica, MA among them – many of the smaller EMS shops remain on par with last year, even if the outlook is as cloudy as ever.