SAN JOSE, CA – Flex reported fiscal fourth quarter net sales ended Mar. 31 of $5.8 billion, at the midpoint of guidance, down 3% year-over-year.

LONDON – A UK tech organization on May 12 will host a webinar on complying with electrostatic discharge specifications.

SAN DIEGO – IPC requests abstracts for IPC Apex Expo 2017 to be held at the San Diego Convention Center Feb. 14-16.

METUCHEN, NJ -- EMS firm Powerspec has leased a 9,000 sq. ft. property in Somerville, NJ, a local realtor announced.

HAWTHORNE, CA -- OSI Systems today announced March quarter sales at its Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division fell 6.1% from a year ago to $61.3 million.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- The board of directors of Sparton Corp. has authorized Wells Fargo Securities to conduct a process to identify parties interested in acquiring the entire company.

PARIS -- AsteelFlash has started production at its newly built state-of-the-art electronics assembly facility La Soukra, Tunisia.

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina reported second fiscal quarter revenue ended Apr. 2 of $1.61 billion, up 5.2% year-over-year and sequentially.

HANNOVER, GERMANY – Panasonic and Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of working more closely together on automation concepts for the electronics industry.

NESS ZIONA, ISRAEL -- Companies involved in printed electronics design and manufacturing typically outsource PCB production, investing significant capital and experiencing long turn times with PCB prototypes. 

CAMBRIDGE, ENGAND – Negotiations to restructure Scanfil’s operations here are closed, and the electronics manufacturer plans to begin the process of shutting down the plant.

SEATTLE -- Microsoft and Jabil announced a new predictive analytics platform said to predict errors or failures on the assembly floor before they occur, saving customers time and money while delivering superior quality and shortened product lead times throughout the entire supply chain.