ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group today rolled out the conference program for the annual PCB West 2014. This year’s conference is the largest yet, featuring more than 60 presentations, half-day workshops and full-day tutorials, plus the complete IPC Designers Council Basic and Advanced Designer Certification classes.

LOS ANGELES -- Ducommun reported first-quarter sales at its EMS business unit slipped 4.9% year-over-year to $98.1 million on slower defense spending. The DLT segment's operating income for the quarter was down 11.4% to $7 million, while EBITDA slid $500,000 to $12.1 million.

NEW YORK -- The global consumer electronics market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 6.7% from 2014 to 2018, according to a new report. Innovative technical developments in the sector have led to a new "age of convergence," says  Reportlinker, wherein entirely different streams of digital-based audio, video and information technology unite and merge, removing entry hurdles across various markets and the whole industry.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The deadline for EU member states to transpose the new WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU into national WEEE Regulations has now passed.

Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and the UK have transposed the WEEE Recast Directive so far.

CARY, NC – TT Electronics Integrated Manufacturing Services has opened an engineering office here.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today reported first quarter net income of $19 million, up 73% year-over-year. Revenue jumped 17.9% to $639 million for the period ended March 31.

TORONTO – Celestica reported first-quarter revenue ended Mar. 31 of $1.312 billion, down 4% year-over-year.

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina Corp. reported fiscal second-quarter revenue ended Mar. 29 of $1.48 billion, up 3.5% year-over-year, and up 2% sequentially.

SAN DIEGO – KIC says effective immediately the SlimKIC 2000 and KIC Explorer lines of profilers are no longer available for sale.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Kitron reported first-quarter 2014 revenues of NOK 435.8 million, up 15.2% year-over-year.

GOLDEN, CO – Creation Technologies has relocated its Colorado design center to a larger facility here. The 16,000 sq. ft. center features dedicated labs for each of Creation's engineering disciplines, including optical and imaging, electrical, mechanical, industrial, fluidics and software development.

MALMO, SWEDEN – PartnerTech posted net sales in the first quarter of 2014 of SEK 548 million, down 1% year-over-year. The contract electronics manufacturer reported a post-tax loss of SEK 2 million, compared to profit after tax of SEK 2 million in the same period last year.