HONG KONG -- Automation and even "lights out" PCB manufacturing are among the themes of the upcoming HKPCA Show. 

WASHINGTON -- The US Department of Defense has issued its response to public comments to a pending rule regarding cybersecurity at its contractors.

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA -- EMS company Urtech Manufacturing has acquired a US-based contract assembler in a private deal.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron shareholder Sievi Capital has sold its 33% stake in the EMS company, according to reports.

SHANGHAI -- More than 50 distributors, customers and guests gathered at Universal Instruments here to celebrate the grand opening of its Asia Advanced Technology Center.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A host of industry volunteers were recognized for their contributions at IPC's fall meetings this week.

PATHUMTANI, THAILAND – Electronics manufacturer SVI Public Co. reported second quarter consolidated revenue of $83 million, up 26% year-over-year and 39% sequentially.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Speedprint is bringing its road show to Production Automation’s showroom here Oct. 11 and 12.

LAKE MARY, FL – Acculogic will hold an open house Oct. 5-6 near Orlando, FL.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB orders in August increased 2.4% year-over-year, but this growth was not enough to bring year-to-date orders back to positive territory, says IPC. Year-to-date orders as of August were down 0.7%. Sequentially, however, orders increased 37.1%.

FREMONT, CA – Bay Area Circuits will host a Manufacturing Day on Oct. 7 here for the third consecutive year.

MONTREAL – Future Electronics has partnered with CalcuQuote to create a platform for electronics manufacturing companies to instantly query price and availability information from the component distributor's data feed.