ATLANTA – The LED Assembly, Reliability, and Test (A.R.T.) Symposium will take place Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 at the Crowne Plaza Midtown here, and show organizers are requesting abstracts.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the first quarter, down 11.5% year-over-year but in line with forecasts. 

HERNDON, VA – iNEMI has issued a call for participation for the High-Temperature, Pb-Free Die-Attach Material Project.

HONG KONG – Billed as the world's largest electronics sourcing show, Global Sources Electronics takes place Apr. 11-14 and 18-21 at Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo. The show features 5,500 booths of electronics products from suppliers in Greater China, Korea and across Asia.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics reported consolidated revenues ticked up 0.4% to NT$339.6 billion ($10.5 billion) in March.

TAIPEI -- Lite-On Technology reported March consolidated revenues rose 1.1% year-over-year to NT$18.4 billion ($568.5 million).

BOSTON – Global virtual reality headset revenues will reach $895 million in 2016, with 77% of that value accounted for by newly launched premium devices from Oculus, HTC and Sony, says Strategy Analytics.

STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, down 0.5% over 2015, says Gartner. The forecast is down from the research firm's previous outlook of 0.5% growth, published last quarter.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) says reports it has ducked taxes through offshore shell companies are wrong and potentially libelous, according to a report today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The recent IPC Apex Expo trade show drew 4,048 attendees from 56 countries, show organizers said today.

WASHINGTON, DC – The US National Air and Space Agency recently compared trials on a variety of products to see if its demanding standards could be achieved with newer alternatives to cleaning with normal propyl bromide.

LYON, France – The share of electric cars (EV) and their hybrid cousins (HEV) made up 30% of the overall power module market in 2015, a share that will grow to almost 50% by 2021.