ATLANTA — UP Media Group (UPMG) announced today that Mike Buetow, UPMG Editorial Director and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY/PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB Editor in Chief, will present the keynote “The Changing Electronics Market – and Customer” at the 17th annual Atlanta Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Expo.

NAPLES, FL – ERAI and the UKEA have reached an agreement to share information on counterfeit and high risk parts.

TIJUANA, MEXICO -- OnCore Manufacturing Services celebrated the ribbon-cutting on its 88,000 sq. ft. electronics assembly facility here, which will be ready for volume production later this month.

NEW YORK – The Indian consumer electronics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 17% from 2012 to 2015, says reportlinker.com.

MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek says it expects growth in its ultrasonic spray fluxing business in 2013.

IRVINE, CA -- Probe Manufacturing reported a net loss of $116,373 for 2012, down from a net profit of $91,000 in 2011.

LOCKEPORT, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA -- Contract electronics assembler Allendale Electronics has laid off one-third of its workforce after losing a large account, the company said.

KAUNAS, LITHUANIA -- Kitron's board of directors is expected to decide shortly on whether to go through with a planned multi-million dollar expansion of manufacturing site here.

NORWALK, CT -- Total worldwide semiconductor revenue fell 2.6% year-over-year to $299.9 billion in 2012, with more large vendors seeing sales fall than grow.

NORWALK, CT -- Combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones worldwide are on pace to total 2.4 billion units in 2013, up 9% over 2012, according to Gartner.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – While North American manufacturing begins another slow recovery and leading indicators point to modest business expansion in the coming months, the PCB industry has not yet felt the effects of this turnaround, says IPC.

DALLAS – China’s printed circuit board output will reach $48 billion by 2016, accounting for 49.4% of global PCBs, says RnRMarketResearch.com.