MOUNT PLEASANT, WI – Work began on Foxconn’s $10 billion Racine County science and technology park this week, according to reports.

SOUTH ELGIN, IL – BESTProto is relocating its prototype and PCB assembly services business on Sept. 14 to a larger facility here, southwest of the firm’s current location.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – An investment firm that owns more than 2% of outstanding shares of Sparton informed the company today they’d vote against any incumbent directors for the board, except Alan Bazaar.

MILPITAS, CA – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.36 billion in billings worldwide in July on a three-month average basis, says SEMI. Sales were up 4.1% year-over-year and down 4.9% sequentially.

OYSTER BAY, NY – The recently released HTC U12+ with Edge Sense 2 reportedly brings more ways to interact with the phone by squeezing its lower sides or edges. However, The Edge Sense 2 does not deliver a positive user experience, according to the Teardowns service of ABI Research.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American PCB shipments in July were up 10.8% year-over-year, says IPC. Year to date, shipments were 10.5% above the same period last year. Sequentially, shipments decreased 19.1%.

TALLINN, ESTONIA – Electronics manufacturer Eolane Tallinn is relocating to a new building here, with operations set for the end of this year, according to reports.

MARIETTA, GA – Yamaha Motor USA‘s Intelligent Machine (IM) division has outgrown its current Kennesaw facility and is moving to a larger one in nearby Marietta, GA, this fall.

MADISON, WI – Foxconn said it will invest $100 million in engineering and innovation research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to reports.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has recognized the Hermes Standard outlining the transfer of board-related information, replacing a now-obsolete SMEMA specification.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – JB Straubel, CTO and cofounder of Tesla, will keynote IPC Apex Expo 2019 on Jan. 29.

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA – BFK Solutions is offering the second edition of Handbook for Critical Cleaning, edited by Barbara and Edward Kanegsberg.