CHICAGO -- National Technical Systems last week celebrated the grand opening of its newly expanded test and inspection facility here.

TAIPEI -- DRAM contract prices are forecast to rise nearly 30% in the current quarter on stronger-than-expected notebook demand.

ALBUQUERQUE -- IEC Electronics has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Store Capital Acquisitions for the sale its manufacturing facility here for an aggregate purchase price of $5.75 million.

BANGKOK -- Cal-Comp Electronics reported preliminary consolidated sales of 9.2 billion baht ($263.7 million) for September.

HERNDON, VA – iNEMI is conducting an industry survey to assess the measurement and inspection capability for fine circuit pattern substrates used in high bandwidth applications.

MAUI, HAWAII – Charlie Barnhart & Associates will host a webinar Oct. 27 to present third quarter EMS industry data, as well as a fourth quarter forecast.

LONDON – Smart Group will host a workshop on finding and eliminating voids in electronics soldering on Oct. 25 near Coventry, UK.

WASHINGTON – The International Trade Commission has instituted an investigation to determine whether imports of memory modules are violating Section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act by reason of patent infringement.

WASHINGTON – The 90-day moving average semiconductor sales reached $28 billion worldwide in August, an increase of 0.5% year-over-year.

CHENNAI, INDIA – Foxconn has struck a deal to reopen a Nokia manufacturing plant here, pending government approval.

LAKE TAHOE, CA – EOS/ESDA is soliciting abstracts for the 11th annual International Electrostatic Discharge Workshop, which takes place here May 7-11.

PUNE, INDIA – The global medical electronics market is expected to reach $4.41 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 5.4% between 2016 and 2022, says RnR Market Research. North America will hold the largest market shares, while monitoring applications are expected to grow at the highest rate during the forecast period.