NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics has increased headcount by more than 20% over the past two quarters to meet higher demand, particularly from medical and aerospace and defense customers.

JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics reported fiscal second quarter net sales of $284.1 million, up 10.1% year-over-year.

TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics reported fourth quarter net sales of $657 million, down 1.4% year-over-year and up 2.5% sequentially.

MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics (IMI) reported fourth quarter revenue of $338.5 million, up 14.4% year-over-year.

BURNABY, CANADA – Electronics manufacturing services provider Dorigo broke ground on its new manufacturing facility here this week.

TEMPE, AZ -- Benchmark Electronics today announced president and chief executive Paul Tufano will retire after transitioning his responsibilities to a successor to be identified by the board of directors.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Sparton posted fiscal second quarter consolidated net sales of $105.2 million, up 7.6% year-over-year.

BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES – Cal-Comp Technology (Philippines) expects an initial public offering (IPO) by the third quarter to finance expansion plans, according to reports.

SAN DIEGO – With a perfect score of 634 points, Ryosuke Matsunami took first place in the first ever IPC Hand Soldering World Championship and Rework Competition at IPC Apex Expo. Matsunami, of PWB Corp. in Japan, took home $1,000 and the IPC Hand Soldering World Championship title.

NEWARK, NY — IEC Electronics Corp. reported revenue of $35.4 million for the fiscal first quarter, an increase of 68% year-over-year.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA announced the Best Papers from SMTAI 2018. Richard Coyle, Ph.D., Nokia Bell Labs and a team of coauthors from the iNEMI/HDPUG 3rd Generation Pb-Free Alloys Project won the Best of Proceedings category for "Alloy Composition and Thermal Fatigue of High Reliability Pb-Free Solder Alloys."

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI has issued a statement on RoHS on behalf of multiple industry associations reflecting their common view that caution should be taken when characterizing various substances for restriction. The statement, addressed to the European Commission and consultants Oeko-Institut and Fraunhofer IZM, is as follows: