BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board orders in May decreased 7.3% year-over-year, pushing year-to-date order growth into negative territory at 1.3% below the same period last year. Orders were down 33.6% sequentially, says IPC.

SINGAPORE – Kulicke & Soffa Industries now expects fiscal third quarter revenue to come in at the high-end of previously provided revenue guidance, between $235 million and $245 million.

GAINESVILLE, GA – Count On Tools completed a six-month $2 million expansion at its headquarters here.

BOSTON, MA – MC Assembly hired David Prunier as vice president of new business development.

TAIPEI – Kinpo Electronics will establish two more factories in the Philippines, bringing the ODMs total there to four.

ALLENTOWN, PA – In 2016, US manufacturers contributed $2.18 trillion to the US economy, representing 11.7% of the overall GDP, according to just-released data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Ultra Electronics Holdings is in talks to acquire Sparton, the latter today confirmed.

KUNSHAN, CHINA – Today Foxconn signed an agreement to invest $3.65 billion in new industries here, according to published reports.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – As the wearables market transforms, total shipment volumes are expected to maintain their forward momentum.

WASHINGTON – ITI called on Congress to pass bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to educate students with the skills and education needed to pursue good-paying technical jobs in information technology and advanced manufacturing.

LOGAN, UTAH — EMS provider Inovar last week broke ground on a 100,000 sq. ft. facility at Utah State University.

FRANKFURT -- The world market for medical electronics will grow 6% in 2017 and 2018, respectively, a new forecast asserts.