NEENAH, WI -- Plexus today announced plans to open a 265,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, with an opening scheduled for mid 2014. The site will be the Tier 2 contract assembler's second in the country.

ATLANTA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today opened registration for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.

BLAUBEUREN, GERMANY – Rehm Thermal Systems will host a technology forum Sept. 19-20 at its new facilities here.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income slipped 37% from last year to $2.4 million for the period ended June 29. The electronics manufacturing services company said revenue fell 12.5% to $84.6 million.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Sales of high-precision dimensional metrology equipment to electronics manufacturers will rise 33.5% between 2012 and 2017 to $2.55 billion, new research predicts.

FRANKFURT -- German electronics industry investments abroad hit am all-time high in 2011 of EUR 57.2 billion,  the Association of Electrotechnology and Electro-industry (ZVEI) announced today. The mark is nearly triple 2002 levels, ZVEI said.

PETACH-TIKVA, ISRAEL -- Electronics manufacturing services provider Nistec will acquire a majority stake in PCB fabricator Eltek for $6.3 million.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- A subsidiary of Sparton has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and liabilities of flat panel display maker Aydin Displays, for an as-yet undisclosed amount.

UTICA, NY -- A US bankruptcy court yesterday set the rules for the asset sale of Endicott Interconnect Technologies, effectively bringing to a close the first chapter of the company's post-IBM history.

MARKHAM, ON – EMS firm Microart Services is moving to a larger facility on Nov.1.

UTICA, NY — Endicott Interconnect Technologies' interim head told a bankruptcy court that the company has failed to turn a profit since 2008, and has continued to exist on the backs of loans and by cutting deals with vendors.

SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries' net income and revenues fell in the second quarter as the company begins to transition toward more of its own end-products and away from an outsourcing model.