MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems today reported net sales of $29.3 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, up 17% over 2012. Net income slipped 12.7% to $241,000.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES — Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. today announced that fourth-quarter revenues rose 19.1% to $198 million. Net income for the period was $745,000, up from $400,000 a year ago.

CANTON, MA – Two Boston area component assembly and their parent company filed for bankruptcy this week. MassMicroElectronics, a printed circuit board design and assembler, and AD-MicroAssembly, a design and component assembler, could be liquidated as a result, according to published reports.

EGHAM, UK — Worldwide sales of tablets to end-users reached 195.4 million units in 2013, up 68% year-over-year. Growth was fueled by the low-end smaller screen tablet market, and first time buyers; this led Android to become the No. 1 tablet operating system (OS), with 62% of the market, Gartner said.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide PC shipments fell 9.8% in 2013, the most severe contraction on record, according to IDC. Worse, shipments are expected to decline another 6.1% in 2014 as the market continues to lose share to tablets and smartphones.

CHICAGO – Ellsworth Adhesives and Henkel are hosting a free technical workshop on lighting assembly- and board-level solutions for LED and lighting manufacturers here Apr. 9.

COLCHESTER, UK – Nordson Dage opened a research and development facility here, which has doubled the firm’s R & D space.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 8.8% year-over-year in January, marking the industry’s highest-ever January sales total and the largest year-to-year increase in nearly three years. The 90-day moving average sales reached $26.28 billion in January, the Semiconductor Industry Association today announced, down 1.4% from December on normal seasonal trends.

ARENDAL, NORWAY -- Kitron will lay off between 50 and 100 workers at its facility here, the company's largest, according to published reports. The EMS company, which employs 1,100 to 1,200 workers worldwide, plans to cut up to 20% of the 500-person workforce at its site here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- HEI swung to a net profit despite a 25% year-over-year drop in revenue for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 28. The contract assembler reported sales of $8.59 million, down as a result of lack of follow-on orders for military radio system components due to delays and reductions in government procurement.

REDMOND, WA -- Data I/O reported a smaller fourth-quarter net loss despite lower sales. Net sales for the period ended Dec. 31 were 3.3 million, down 10.8% from 2012, while the net loss shrank 53% to $1.6 million.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Department of Defense will host a public meeting to obtain views of experts and interested parties in the public and private sectors regarding further implementation of the requirement for detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. The requirements were established by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.