BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American PCB shipments fell 2% year-over-year in January and the 90-day average bookings were off 2.9%.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A new IPC study finds evidence of a labor shortage for electronics manufacturers. Other business issues are making the problem worse for some segments of the industry, IPC says.

HONG KONG – ASM Pacific Technology reported group revenue of $1.07 billion for the second half of 2014, up 41.5% year-over-year and 39.9% sequentially.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron has released its annual Cleaning Webinar series schedule that starts later this month.

STAMFORD, CT -- Fourth quarter worldwide server shipments increased 4.8% year-over-year while revenue grew 2.2%, according to Gartner.

TAIPEI -- AOI and ICT maker Test Research Inc. announced a series of tech seminars and product demos beginning this month in Southeast Asia.

HORSENS, DENMARK – The Insero Horsens Foundation has purchased Tagarno for an undisclosed sum.

SAINT-HUBERT, QUEBEC – In conjunction with the 2015 Québec-France trade mission, Varitron Technologies, EMM Groupe, and Sterela have signed a memorandum for joint development of technologies and products for so-called "smart" cities.

SAN DIEGO – Three long-time IPC volunteers were presented with IPC President's Awards at IPC Apex Expo here.

SAN DIEGO – IPC last week presented scores of awards to engineers who worked on industry standards over the past couple years at IPC Apex Expo here.

ORLANDO -- API Technologies today named Robert Tavares president and chief executive, effective immediately.

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics recorded net revenue of 308.6 million euros ($345.2 million) in 2014, up 16.5% year-over-year.