MADISON, WI — The Wisconsin Senate tonight approved nearly $3 billion in cash payments for Foxconn Technology Group.

LOGANSPORT, IN -- Cal-Comp Electronics will add 70 workers after winning a $50 million contract to build printed circuit board assemblies for video event recorders.

TAIPEI -- Pegatron reported consolidated revenues rose 7.9% from a year ago to of NT$89.1 billion ($2.97 billion) in August.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- The technical conference for PCB West, the annual Silicon Valley trade show, begins today, and the annual one-day exhibition is scheduled to take place Wednesday.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- SigmaTron today reported fiscal first quarter revenues rose 20.3% to $71.2 million as the company overcame volatility in customer demand.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported consolidated revenues ticked up 1.3% year-over-year in August.

MILPITAS, CA — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached a record $14.1 billion in the second quarter, SEMI said today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The founder and director of Google Ideas at Google and now CEO of Jigsaw will keynote next year's IPC Apex Expo trade show.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide market for augmented reality and virtual reality headsets grew 25.5% year-over-year in the second quarter as shipments reached 2.1 million, according to International Data Corp.

HERNDON, VA – iNEMI named Linda Steele Wilson roadmap manager for the consortium, replacing Chuck Richardson, who has headed iNEMI’s roadmapping efforts since 2006. Richardson will continue working with iNEMI as a roadmap consultant.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s ATM assembly testing and materials business posted net revenues of $469 million for August, up 2.6% year-over-year and 4.3% sequentially.

VANCOUVER – Pacific Insight Electronics is urging shareholders to reject an unsolicited acquisition offer from a Chinese company.