WASHINGTON, DC -- The European Union has launched a stakeholder consultation on three new requests for exemptions from the RoHS Directive, IPC reported.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fl -- Jabil reported preliminary, unaudited financial fourth quarter net revenue of $5 billion, up 13.3% from a year ago.

LONDON -- ITRI's 13th annual survey of tin users shows growth of 3.3% in 2016.

TIMMAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA -- A Foxconn subsidiary plans to set up three regional training centers here in the coming years, according to local media reports.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – World PCB production reached an estimated $58.2 billion in 2016, up 2.2% in real terms, while North American PCB production decreased 0.1%, according to IPC.

DUBLIN – The global surface mount technology market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 6.83% to reach a total market size of $5.24 billion by 2022, says Research and Markets.

LONDON -- In the runup to the release of its annual strategic analysis of the European EMS industry Reed Electronics Research has released it provisional ranking of the Top 15 Nordic EMS providers based on global revenues.

FARMINGDALE, NY -- Cemtrex today issued its latest volley in a back-and-forth with Key Tronic, the EMS company it says it wants to buy.

LONDON -- The new Apple iPhone 8 Plus, equipped with 64GB of NAND flash memory, carries a bill of materials cost that comes to $288.08, higher than any previous versions of the company’s smartphones, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit.

BANGKOK -- Fabrinet today announced Seamus Grady has been appointed chief executive, superseding Tom Mitchell, who has been CEO since he founded the company in 2000.

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice has requested additional information from Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton in connection with Ultra's pending acquisition of Sparton, according to published reports.

TAIPEI – The 2018 global DRAM supply is expected to show an annual bit growth of 19.6%, says DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.