SAN JOSE, CA – Flex reported fiscal second quarter net sales were $6.7 billion, up 7% year-over-year.

SAN JOSE -- Flex today announced that chief executive Mike McNamara will retire, effective Dec. 31.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American printed circuit board shipments in September were up 9.6% year-over-year, says IPC.

MIGDAL HA'EMEK, ISRAEL -- PCB Technologies will acquire fellow electronics assembler AMS for NIS 40 million ($10.8 million) in cash and stock, the companies announced today.

ST. PETERSBURG, FR -- Jabil president Bill Peters will retire at year end, the company announced.

TORONTO - Celestica today announced revenue of $1.71 billion, up 12% year-over-year for the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus today reported record fiscal fourth quarter revenue of $771.18 million, up 15.1% year-over-year and near the high end of guidance. 

HACKENSACK, NJ -- Master Bond is offering a new white paper on using UV-curable adhesives as a complementary download.

BELLEFONTE, PA – Homeland Manufacturing Services will move into a new, larger EMS facility in Benner Township and will add 10 more full-time workers over the next three years to meet higher demand.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new startup made up of former Autodesk and Flex executives plans to roll out a robot-driven platform for manufacturing electronics.

GLENVIEW, IL -- Illinois Tool Works today reported third quarter revenues at its Test & Measurement and Electronics unit were $536 million, up 2.2% from a year ago.

ROSEMONT, IL – IPC presented Committee Leadership, Special Recognition and Distinguished Committee Service Awards this month at IPC's Fall Standards Development Committee Meetings here.