NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported fiscal second quarter revenue of $604.3 million, down 2.3% year-over-year and 4.8% sequentially.

WASHINGTON – In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order on the H-1B visa program, ITI issued a statement from President and CEO Dean Garfield on the importance to US innovation of high-skilled immigrants.

MILPITAS, CA – Semiconductor revenues increased 1% in 2016 compared to 2015, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), resulting in record revenues for devices.

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI’s equipment billings year-to-date through February show more than a 90% gain compared to the same period in the previous year, reaching about $7.5 billion.

ANGLETON, TX – Benchmark Electronics will relocate its corporate headquarters from Texas to Arizona.

WINDACH, GERMANY – DELO Industrial Adhesives reported fiscal year sales of €95 million (US$121.8 million), up 18% year-over-year.

HAIFA, ISRAEL – Flex opened a new design center here, inaugurated last month.

SAN JOSE, CA – Taiyo Industrial Co. has appointed Zero Defects International to manage the North American introduction of its automated printed circuit board final inspection systems.  

CUPERTINO, CA – Apple is considering joining Foxconn in a bid to buy Toshiba's memory chip business, according to published reports.

STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $386 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.3% from 2016, according to Gartner.

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – Kulicke & Soffa Industries opened a 180m² process and applications laboratory here.

AUSTIN, TX – A variety of alternatives are challenging silicon’s role in advanced packaging interposers for high-performance applications, says TechSearch International.