MALMO, SWEDEN – PartnerTech’s Electronics segment reported fourth quarter 2014 sales of SEK 342 million ($41 million), up 9.6% year-over-year. For the full year 2014, Electronics’ sales were SEK 1.3 billion, up 13.5% compared to 2013.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) reported full-year 2014 revenues up 13% to $844.5 million compared to 2013.  

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The best technical conference paper of IPC Apex Expo 2015 goes to Karl Sauter, Oracle Corp. USA, and co-author Joseph Smetana, Alcatel-Lucent, for “High Frequency Loss Test Methods for Laminate Materials Comparison (a High Density Packaging User Group/HDPUG Project).” The paper will be presented Feb. 26.

FARMINGDALE, NY -- Cemtrex reported total revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31 rose 54% from a year ago to  $13.8 million.

NELSON, BC -- Pacific Insight Electronics reported fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 4% year-over-year to $16.3 million.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics today named Jeff Schlarbaum president and chief executive, following the ouster of the company's longtime board.

YAMAMACHI, CHIRYU, AICHI, JAPAN -- Fuji's Electronics Assembly Equipment division reported net sales for the three quarters ended Dec. 31 are up 37.1% year-over-year.

Year-to-date net sales for the segment are 56.4 billion yen ($463.8 million), while operating income is up 153.4% to 11.3 billion yen ($93 million).

"The growth of new capital investment for PCB production equipment for markets such as smartphone, automotive electronics and industrial equipment has brought strong business," the company said.

ST. LOUIS – Viasystems Group reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales of $308 million, a year-over-year increase of 1.5%, and a sequential increase of 2.9%.

TOKYO -- Yamaha reported sales at its Industrial Machinery unit rose 20.7% year-over-year to 38.9 billion yen (about $328 million) for 2014.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron's net profits rose in the fourth quarter despite flat revenues at the EMS company. 

MANILA – Cal-Comp plans to open a new $32 million factory in Batangas by the end of March, the company said.

PATHUMTHANI, THAILAND -- SVI Public Co. is back up and running at full capacity following a devastating fire in November.