TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai) consolidated revenues fell 9% sequentially and 10.8% year-over-year in May, the company said. For the month, revenue totalted NT$267.97 billion ($8.89 billion) as demand lagged for PCs and consumer electronics.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The head of Cisco's supply chain operations will keynote this fall's SMTAI conference. Jeff Gallinat, senior vice president of Cisco Supply Chain Operations, will share the importance of an Internet of Everything approach that delivers more value to companies than just the Internet of Things.

WASHINGTON, DC – Members of IPC are calling on Congress to pass a new bill calling for the establishment a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $9.89 billion in the first quarter, up 27% from a year ago and down 5% sequentially. 

AUSTIN, TX -- 3M Electronics Materials launched a new copper-polyimide substrate designed to hold LED chips without adhesive.

ATLANTA, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today revealed its annual Top 50 list of the 50 largest electronics manufacturing services providers.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Samsung Electronics' East Africabusiness unit inaugurated the electronics giant's first printer assembly plant in Africa.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide semiconductors sales rose 11.5% year-over-year in April, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. The 90-day moving average sales were up 0.7% over the revised March numbers to $26.34 billion, the trade group added.

HARTFORD, CT -- A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty this week in US District Court to importing thousands of counterfeit ICs from China and Hong Kong and then reselling them to U.S. customers, including contractors supplying them to the US Navy for use in nuclear submarines.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 1.6% year-over-year in April. Year-to-date shipments were down 0.2%.

ROUND ROCK, TX - Benchmark Electronics will open a manufacturing facility in this city north of Austin later this summer, according to reports. The new plant will bring up to 80 new jobs to the area, a local agency spokesman said.

FT. WORTH, TX -- Google's Motorola Mobility business unit today announced plans to close its factory here by year-end, putting 700 employees out of work. The company previously announced it would sell the handset business to Lenovo.