ROCHESTER, NY -- GE Digital Energy will close its electronics assembly plant here and lay off an undisclosed number of workers.

ROSEMONT, IL – The CEO of iNEMI will keynote the 2017 Technical Innovations Symposium on Sept. 18, part of the SMTA International technical conference.

ATLANTA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY opened registration for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.

HELSINKI -- Scanfil reported June quarter revenue of EUR 132.4 million, down 1% from a year ago.

TAIPEI -- DRAM prices began to rise in the second half of 2016 and have maintained a strong upward momentum through the first half of 2017, according to data from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.

ASHINGTON, ENGLAND -- The former managing director of Infoteam MS has launched a new EMS company here and brought two dozen of his former employees with him.

TAIPEI -- Fresh off a deal to build a large production site in Wisconsin, Foxconn is planning a research and development facility in Michigan, according to new reports.

DUBLIN -- The global selective soldering equipment market will grow at a compound annual average of 5.53% from 2017 to 2021.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The downward spiral of the tablet market continued during the second quarter, according to IDC. Despite notable product launches like the new lower priced iPad, worldwide tablet shipments declined 3.4% year-over-year to 37.9 million.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES -- Integrated Micro-Electronics reported second-quarter revenues of $265.1 million, up 26% from a year ago on acquisitions and higher demand for automotive products.

SAN JOSE -- SMTC expects to complete the shutdown of its EMS plant in Suzhou by the end of the current quarter, company executives said this week.

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- An IPC subcommittee has voted to use the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) as the transport protocol for machine-to-machine communication as part of the Connected Factory Initiative (CFX).