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ATLANTA – Beginning Oct. 13, Circuits Assembly seeks participants for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.

Now in its 18th year, the SEAs honor companies in electronics manufacturing for excelling in the critical area of customer service, permitting participants to benchmark customer service against their peers.

NORCROSS, GA – Engent recently expanded its facility here by 8,000 sq. ft. to accommodate anticipated orders.

WEYBRIDGE, SURREY, UK -- TT Electronics reported a first-half loss on weakness in sales to the automotive and industrial sectors.

TOKYO -- Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average orders hit 43.78 billion yen ($464 million) in July as the nation is showing a sharp recovery from the trough earlier this year.

SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries reported second-quarter sales of $56.6 million, down 18% year-over-year on seasonal weakness and the general economic conditions.

SALT LAKE CITY -- CirTran Corp. said it swung to a net profit despite a 27% drop in sales for its June quarter.

SAN JOSE – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $569.7 million in orders in July, up 62% sequentially, SEMI said today.

SEATTLE -- Key Tronic reported June quarter sales fell 20.6% from a year ago to $45.5 million.

SANTA CLARA, CA – A new email list provides a forum for discussions on counterfeit components.

Combat Counterfeit is an industry service similar to lists on lead-free assembly and tin whiskers. John Burke of RoHSUSA set up the list to facilitate communication on the widespread problem.

To subscribe to the list, email combatcounterfeit-request@freelists.org. Type “subscribe” in the subject field. Subsequently, posts can be sent via combatcounterfeit@freelists.org.

Burke is also setting up a database of components obtained in good faith that turned out to be counterfeit. This list will not be available online, but will be compiled and held on a secure server. Potential buyers will be able to call for information about whether a certain component has a history of counterfeiting, and whether a company has any strikes in this regard.

For more information, email john@rohsusa.com.

ENDICOTT, NY – Endicott Interconnect Technologies has won a $6 million grant to develop microelectronic chips for the US military for preventing foreign tampering of weapons.

AUSTIN, TX — In a nearly mirror image of the first quarter, global TV revenues fell 12% year-over-year to $23.7 billion while shipments declined 8% to 44.6 million units.