BANGKOK – Fabrinet reported fiscal first quarter revenue was $377.2 million, up 5.6% year-over-year.

SANTA ANA, CA – Ducommun’s Electronic Systems segment recorded third quarter net revenue of $85.7 million, up 8.5% year-over-year.

AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO – Continental is investing more than $59 million to build an electronic components plant here.

REDMOND, WA – Data I/O reported third quarter net sales of $6.5 million, down 32.3% year-over-year and 9.7% sequentially. The year-over-year decline in sales is attributed to substantial demand in 2017, particularly for automotive electronics and programming center customers.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK – Prima Electronics was purchased by NJ Russell Holdings, according to reports. Some £2.15 million ($2.8 million) will be used to fund the acquisition and boost cash flow.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Smartphone vendors shipped 355.2 million units during the third quarter, resulting in a year-over-year decline of 6%, says International Data Corp. It was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide tablet market declined 8.6% during the third quarter of 2018, as global shipments fell to 36.4 million, says International Data Corp.

KISTA, SWEDEN – Electronics manufacturer NOTE has acquired all shares in Speedboard Assembly Services for $9.1 million on a debt-free basis, with the possibility of an additional purchase price of $650,000 by 2020.

ATLANTA, GA – The exhibition floor space for PCB West 2019 is more than 75% sold, UP Media Group Inc. said today. Booth reservations are now open to companies that did not exhibit last year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The global printed circuit board industry achieved an estimated 13.9% real growth in 2017, the fastest growth since the recovery year of 2010, according to a new IPC report.

TARM, DENMARK – GPV signed an agreement to acquire fellow EMS company CCS for some $121.3 million on a debt-free basis.

WATERBURY, CT – Effective Jan. 1, MacDermid Performance Solutions will combine its Alpha Assembly Solutions and MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions business units. The combined MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions business will have annual revenues of $1.2 billion.