WESTLAKE, OHIO – Nordson Corp. reported fiscal first quarter sales of $550 million, up 35% year-over-year.

OYSTER BAY, NY – Fourth quarter shipments of voice control front-end devices, such as Amazon’s Echo range and Google’s Home devices, grew 189% sequentially, with 2017 seeing total shipments up 159% over 2016, says ABI Research.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – CyberOptics reported sales of SMT inspection systems declined 31% year-over-year to $4.6 million in the fourth quarter. Reduced demand for legacy 2D products offset higher sales of SQ3000 3D AOI systems, which increased nearly 70% year-over-year to $2.7 million.

NEUNKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- Neways Electronics has begun work on a 1,000 sq. m (10,763 sq. ft.) expansion of its EMS plant here.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — A new document from IPC's Pb-free Electronics Risk Management (PERM) Council assists design engineers in the development of electronics that are completely lead-free and meet the requirements of aerospace, defense and high performance (ADHP) products and systems.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Kitron posted fourth quarter revenue of NOK 668 million ($86 million), an increase of 17% year-over-year.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil reported fourth quarter revenue of EUR 144.4 million ($179.8 million), up 18.1% year-over-year.

BERKSHIRE, UK – TT Electronics will acquire Stadium Group in a cash transaction valued at approximately £45.8 million.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Cemtrex’s electronics manufacturing services revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2018 increased 27% to $20.4 million.

DUBLIN – The global automotive printed circuit board market is expected to reach more than $13 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of more than 8% from 2017 to 2023, says ResearchandMarkets.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH – An Air Force Research Laboratory-led project in conjunction with NextFlex has resulted in the first functional samples of flexible Arduino circuit boards made by using a flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing process. The process sets the stage for smart technologies for the internet of things and sensor applications like wearable devices, the partners said.

FAIRFIELD, NY -- API Technologies is closing its EMS plant here and auctioning the equipment.