ORLANDO --  API Technologies reported fiscal first-quarter revenue at its EMS segment plunged 41% year-over-year to $8.2 million. 

LOS ANGELES -- Ducommun today reported fourth-quarter sales at its LaBarge Technologies unit of $109.3 million, up 2% from 2013.

CHENNAI, INDIA – Alpha has opened a manufacturing and training facility here.

JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics announced a two-year gift pledge to the Huntingburg Stellar Fund of $25,000.

TAIPEI – Inventec is building a site here for startup businesses to run trial production and test prototypes, according to reports. The site will feature electrical tool sets, industrial design machines, and measurement verification systems.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Tablets are set to overtake notebook PCs as the largest mobile computing category, concludes new data from market researchers ABI Research.

BRIDGEWATER, MA -- Chase Corp. reported revenue of $52.3 million for the quarter ended Feb. 28, up 2.2% from last year.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA seeks abstracts for its annual conference on design, material, and process technologies for wafer-level packaging applications.

TOKYO --  Global revenues from SMT equipment rose 22% year-over-year in 2014, and sustained demand for semiconductors suggests more growth is ahead.

TORRANCE, CA – Effective April 1, Malcomtech International is now part of Seika Machinery.

PENANG, MALAYSIA – Specialty Coating Systems is offering free seminars here May 26, and in Singapore May 28.

PALO ALTO, CA -- Nearly 133,000 3D printers were shipped worldwide in 2014, up 68% from 2013, a new report indicates.