ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit today announced fiscal first quarter revenue of $4.6 billion, flat with a year ago. The new income for the period ended Nov. 30 was 117.9 million, up 11.4% year-over-year.

SEOUL – Koh Young Technology says it expects to increase sales revenue in 2013 compared to last year, boosted by demand for its new line of AOI machines.

HONG KONG -- In a stock filing, ASM Pacific Technologies indicated it would pay $170 million, less working capital, for its previously announced acquisition of DEK. The agreement also calls for a contingency payment of up to $3 million based on certain closing conditions.

PALM BAY, FL -- In the hopes of obtaining potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in local and state tax breaks, MC Assembly is using the best leverage it has: its workers. The EMS company reportedly will move hundreds of jobs to Mexico and potentially shutter its flagship plant in Florida without the tax breaks, the company told local officials, reported FloridaToday.com.

MELBOURNE, FL – Circuit Technology has opened a training center here.

ALTOONA, PA – Alpha’s electronic solder recycling site here has received certification as a conflict-free minerals smelter by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict-Free Smelter Audit Review Committee.

KAUNAS, LITHUANIA -- Kitron has terminated plans to establish a distribution center here because the project has proved to be costlier and more complex than originally assumed. The EMS company will take a NOK 9 million charge in the fourth quarter to cover incurred costs and incurred liabilities.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- A Sparton subsidiary has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire fellow EMS Beckwood Services for an undisclosed amount.

ROSEMONT, IL – SMTA seeks papers for its annual SMTA International conference here next year.

WESTLAKE, OH -- Nordson today reported fourth-quarter net income of $60 million, down 11.8% year-over-year. For the period ended Oct. 31, sales were $411 million, down 6% from the prior year.

SAN JOSE -- From toys and games, freshness sensors, body media, and medical devices to applications in outer space and high speed communications, flexible and printed electronics are changing the ways companies develop advanced products and packages to better serve their customers and gain a competitive advantage.  To speed adoption of these technologies into a broad range of industries, FlexTech Alliance today announced the formation of users groups focused on two general application areas: wearable electronics and disposable electronics.

NORTH READING, MA -- Teradyne and Goepel Electronic have developed an extended boundary scan option for production in-circuit and functional PCB testers  and modular functional testers on VXI and PXI Express.