ZANDT, GERMANY – Zollner Elektronik CEO Johann Weber will retire on Jan. 1 but will remain a member of the supervisory board.

HAMBURG, GERMANY – After a review of the market and its personnel, Scanfil has decided to shutter its electronics assembly factory here. The EMS company will take one-time restructuring charges of approximately €6 million in the fourth quarter as result of the closing.

CHICAGO – Merger activity in the EMS industry has barely blinked in the wake of Covid-19, based on quarterly tracking of the number of transactions.

MUNICH – Rohde & Schwarz and IHP have performed the first full 2-D/3-D antenna characterization of transceiver modules operating in the D-Band.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal first quarter net revenue of $7.8 billion, up 4.4% year-over-year.

KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN – ASE, Chunghwa Telecom and Qualcomm Technologies unveiled a 5G smart factory here. The ASE 5G smart factory is powered by a private 5G mmWave network service provided by Chunghwa Telecom, supported by Qualcomm’s mmWave platform.

WESTLAKE, OH – Nordson reported fiscal fourth quarter sales of $559 million down 5% year-over-year.

ATLANTA – The November ECIA electronic component sales trend survey results are encouraging, despite a weaker forecast for December, says ECIA chief analyst Dale Ford.

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden's emphasis on rebuilding US manufacturing capacity is reason for hope that his administration will support domestic programs, the head of government relations at IPC wrote this week.

MANCHESTER, OH – Contract manufacturer Mirac is opening an 11,800 sq. ft. facility here and is currently hiring 20 to 40 new assembly workers.

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – The global TV market is on track to achieve 1.2% growth in 2020 and is set to end the year with more than 233 million shipments, according to Futuresource Consulting. Trade value is forecast to decline 1% to $83.7 billion.

BENGALURU – Wistron’s iPhone manufacturing facility in India was reportedly ransacked over the weekend, causing up to NT$200 million (US$7.1 million) in damage.