VANCOUVER – Creation Technologies today announced longtime EMS executive Bhawnesh Mathur as its president and chief executive. He replaces Arthur Tymos, who stepped down at the end of 2013.

SHENZHEN -- JOT Automation has established a design and manufacturing facility here to broaden its geographic market presence and overall customer diversity. The facility will be located in the Bao An district, and will "significantly increase" the test and production equipment OEM's production capacity, JOT said.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Branded tablet shipments will rise 20% year-over-year this year, ABI Research forecasts. The research firm calls 2014 a "pivotal year" for tablets as the traditional markets leading computing and CE deployments reach a tipping point and give way to growth regions.

SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 20.1% year-over-year to $1.29 billion in February. Bookings were up 0.7% from the revised January figure of $1.28 billion, the SEMI trade group said.

MILWAUKIE, OR -- Electronic Controls Design has promoted Todd Clifton to president. Clifton has been with the oven profile OEM since 1996, first as director of business development and, since 2011, as vice president of sales and marketing.

LAS VEGAS – A Honeywell scientist will take home US best paper honors at IPC Apex Expo next week for his work on bismuth alloys.

GERMANTOWN, WI – A new alliance between Resinlab and Dow Corning will focus on low-complexity modifications to silicone products. Rapid Exact will study custom silicone formulations for electronics and other applications.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil Circuit reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 revenue of $3.6 billion, down 14.3% year-over-year.

EL SEGUNDO, CA — The global television market shrank last year for the second year in a row after total shipments declined 6% from already soft 2012 levels, accompanied this time by a rare deceleration in the liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV space in China, Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

PENANG, MALAYSIA – Zestron has purchased a new facility here, expanding its capabilities in the South Asia market. The 46,500 sq. ft. site complements the cleaning materials developer's technical center in South Asia, brought online in 2009, and includes office space, technical and R&D labs, production and warehouse space.

MILPITAS, CA -- Hunter Technology has acquired the equipment and inventory assets of Spectral Response, an Lawrenceville, GA-based EMS company.

TUCSON, AZ – Contract electronics firm Quik Tek Assembly is opening an 8,000 sq. ft. building here in April, and said it would hire 50 new staff over the next five years, according to published reports.