SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – ACE Production Technologies is offering a series of selective soldering workshops in October.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Sparton today announced fourth-quarter net income was $6.8 million, up 68% year-over-year for the period ended June 30. Overall fourth-quarter sales of $87.1 million were up 42% from last year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $25.53 billion for July 2013, the highest total of 2013 and an increase of 5.1% over July 2012. Sales were up 2.6% sequentially, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.

HANOVER, GERMANY – Incoming orders in the first half were the strongest in Viscom’s history, the firm says. In the first six months, Viscom received orders totaling €25.3 million, up 16.7 % compared to the previous year, buoyed by ongoing strength in the Americas and Asia.

OSLO, NORWAY -- ODM  World Wide Touch Technology (Holdings) Ltd. has acquired a 2.2% stake in IDEX for $5 million, the companies announced. The stake boosts WWTT's push into biometrics, an area that the contract assembler has an OEM product line.

STAMFORD, CT – In the second quarter, worldwide server shipments grew 4% year-over-year, while revenue declined 3.8% compared to the same quarter in 2012, says Gartner.

SON, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics International posted net revenue for the first half of 2013 was EUR 131.4 million, down 9% year-over-year.

NEW YORK – The global MEMS medical applications market was $1.8 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.2% from 2013 to 2019, reaching an estimated $6.5 billion in 2019, says Transparency Market Research.

GARDEN GROVE, CA – Metcal, a product group of OK International, says it has begun a global rebranding.

SAN JOSE -- Electronics manufacturers that never belonged in China in the first place are beginning to abandon it for sites closer to home, including South America, a new study finds. But entrenched geopolitical and other factors mean not each of the dozen countries on the continent is a good choice for a new manufacturing hub.

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics will acquire RIWISA, a Swiss provider of injection molding and automation solutions in a deal expected to take place by the end of October, pending regulatory approvals. Hagglingen, Switzerland-based RIWISA is family owned. Financial details were not disclosed.

FRANKFURT – Second-quarter orders for German manufacturers of electronic assemblies increased almost 10% year-over-year, after two quarters of recession, says ZVEI, according to published reports.