HAUPPAUGE, NY – Orbit International reported consolidated first quarter orders exceeded $6.9 million.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Electronics manufacturing executives remain very concerned about the impacts of Covid-19, according to a recent survey by IPC. Some 43% of executives who replied to IPC’s latest online poll said they were “extremely” concerned, and 92% were “somewhat” or “extremely” concerned. Only 8% were neutral or unconcerned.

MILPITAS, CA – In a sign of return to normalcy, China’s idled factory workforce is preparing to return to the production lines. Outside of Hubei province, home to Wuhan, most manufacturing workers are expected to be back on the job by the end of this month, with the proportion of manufacturing employees returning to work in Hubei cities except Wuhan reaching 70% by then, said Didier Chenneveau, partner, Supply Chain Practice, McKinsey & Co.

LYON-VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE – Fourth quarter combined DRAM and NAND revenue was $27.5 billion, down 23.4% year-over-year and up 2.5% sequentially, according to Yole Developpement.

TAIPEI – Foxconn reported March sales were down 7.7% year-over-year to NT$347.7 billion (US$11.8 billion).

NEWBERRY, SC – Samsung Electronics has suspended its home appliance factory here after two of its workers tested positive for Covid-19, according to reports.

BOSTON -- The following is a list of updates from companies' responses to the coronavirus (Covid-19).

FRAMINGHAM, IDC – Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter after two consecutive quarters of decline, says International Data Corp. Year-over-year growth of 12.4% yielded $19.4 billion in spending.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as Covid-19 impacts the global economy and forces many organizations to respond with contingency planning and spending cuts in the short term, according to International Data Corp.

LONDON – Global copper production in 2020 is expected to be impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak, according to GlobalData. After declining 1.9% in 2019 to 20.6 million metric tons due to lower ore grades and production disruptions, copper production was initially expected to grow 3.4% in 2020 due to an anticipated increase in production from Chile, China and Peru. However, with falling demand and ongoing disruption to mining activities due to lockdowns, this has been reduced to 1.9%, with production of 21Mt in 2020.

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI has urged global government representatives to designate the semiconductor industry as an essential business, so operations at companies across the chip supply chain can continue without interruption as the spread of Covid-19 continues.

MILPITAS, CA — Global semiconductor materials market revenues decreased 1.1% in 2019, according to SEMI.