MUNICH -- Siemens yesterday received merger control clearance for its pending acquisition of Mentor Graphics from China's Ministry of Commerce.

DUNFERMLINE, UK – Dynamic EMS reported 2016 sales of £8.85 million (US$11 million), up 6% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – February North American printed circuit board orders grew 8.4% year-over-year, bringing year-to-date orders to 1.3% above the same period last year, and up 11.1% sequentially.

HERNDON, VA — iNEMI will detail highlights of the 2017 iNEMI Roadmap in a pair of webinars next month.

MILPITAS, CA – Lenthor Engineering reported fourth quarter revenue of $6.4 million, an increase of 3.2% year-over-year.

LOUISVILLE, KY – Sypris Electronics reported revenue of $4 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, down 55% year-over-year, reflecting the impact of the sale of Sypris Solutions’ Cyber Security Solutions business. Gross profit was a loss of $1.2 million, compared to profit of $300,000 for the same period the prior year.

LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND -- Jabil Circuit will close its EMS plant here by year end and lay off more than 150 workers, the company said. 

NIS, SERBIA -- Integrated Micro-Electronics (IMI) has igned an agreement whereby the Serbian government will pay it about $7,300 for each of the more than 1,200 employees it plans to hire at its plant in Nis.

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Stretchable electronics will become a $600 million market by 2027, says IDTechEx.

SRI CITY, ANDRA PRADESH, INDIA -- Xiaomi will open a second manufacturing unit here in concert with Foxconn, its main ODM, the company said this week.

ROCHESTER, NY — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) announces that the 2016 Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap (IPSR) is now available for download.

CORINTH, MS — KeytronicEMS plans to invest $500,000 in its facility here, adding 75 jobs over the next three years.