TEMPE, AZ -- Quik Tek Assembly is considering opening a second plant in Arizona, the company owner says.

SHENZHEN -- Nam Tai Electronics today reported third quarter net income rose 2,142% year-over-year to $24.6 million on a 198% jump in revenue.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL -- Dover intends to divest its electronics assembly and test equipment businesses, citing a need to focus on higher growth markets.

SON, THE NETHERLANDS -- Neways said third-quarter sales were essentially flat year-over-year but that a fourth quarter decline is likely.

MILWAUKIE, OR – Thermal profiling OEM ECD is seeking the oldest M.O.L.E. thermal profiler still in use, and is making a contest of its search.

HELSINKI – PKC Group reported net sales for the September quarter were EUR 227.4 million, up 123% year-over-year.

TOKYO -- In the wake of gut-wrenching financial losses, Panasonic will cut its consumer electronics groups and reconsider several other business units, the company's president said.

BALVE, GERMANY – The Balver Zinn Group has acquired a global license for the SN100C alloy developed by Nihon Superior.

LONDON -- Cookson Group will spin off its solder materials and electroplating chemistry business units into a new company called Alent, the materials giant said today.

ATLANTA -- UP Media Group today announced the launch of Board Talk, a new bulletin board for the electronics industry.

JASPER, IN -- A 15% jump in Kimball's EMS sales helped boost the company to a 6% overall hike in revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON -- A pair of major US business groups have filed a lawsuit asking the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to modify or set aside in whole or in part the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulations requiring companies to publicly disclose their use of conflict minerals that originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.