BANNOCKBURN, IL -- An IPC subcommittee is beginning work on an update to its 2003 white paper on halogenated flame retardant use in printed circuit boards and assemblies.

WESTLAKE, OH -- Nordson today reported fiscal second quarter sales at its Advanced Technology Systems unit increased 23% year-over-year on broad-based higher demand.

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $1.59 billion in orders worldwide in April on a three-month average basis, up 1.3% from April 2015 and up 15.6% from the revised March figures.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Automotive electronics' share of the worldwide electronics market ticked up in 2015, and is forecast to grow for the next four years as well.

Vehicle electronics made up 8.9% of the $1.42 trillion worldwide electronic systems market last year, up slightly from 8.6% in 2014, says IC Insights.

GUIZHOU, CHINA -- Foxconn Technology is reportedly building a new factory here where it will assemble smartphones for Huawei.

KUNSHAN, JIANGSU, CHINA -- Foxconn reportedly has replaced as many as 70,000 workers at its sprawling campus with robots.

TIJUANA, MEXICO -- ThumbSat has begun electronics assembly and production at its new factory here. The company produces printed circuit boards for satellites, electronic subsystems and receivers.

NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, WALES -- Axiom Manufacturing Services said annual sales rose 17% year-over-year to £40.6 million ($58.9 million).

BALVE, GERMANY -- Balver Zinn and Spectro Analytical Instruments have jointly developed an application for tin-solder bath analysis that is said to eliminate certain sampling steps.

FARMINGDALE, NY -- Cemtrex has withdrawn a mandatory SEC filing that typically precedes new stock offerings.

CHATSWORTH, CA – Electronics manufacturing service provider We Imagine Inc. is closing its facility here.

ODISHA, INDIA – Sanmina reportedly plans to establish an electronics manufacturing facility and R&D center here, according to local reports.