SAN DIEGO – In recognition of their contributions to IPC and the industry, Karen McConnell, Northrop Grumman, and Linda Woody, Lockheed Martin, earned IPC Presidents Awards at IPC Apex Expo.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $24.05 billion in January, up 3.8% from last year.

LYON, FRANCE -- Flip chip sales reached $20 billion in 2012 and will grow to $35 billion by 2018, a 9% clip, says Yole Développement.

LOS ALTOS, CA -- Could sales of consumer electronics hit $1 trillion this year? The Consumer Electronics Association says yes, but an industry analyst believes those numbers are inflated.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. reported net income of $400,000 for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, down from $2.8 million a year ago.

REDMOND, WA -- Data I/O swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter on impairment charges and lower orders.

NEW YORK -- Does Fabrinet intend to build its own datacom systems?

ARLINGTON, VA -- Three non-governmental organizations have filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals in a suit that challenges the final SEC rule implementing
the so-called Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly referred to as the “conflict minerals rule.”

SAN DIEGO – ESTECH 2013, the 59th annual technical meeting and exposition of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, will kick off April 29 here and run through May 2.

ATLANTA -- Consider all the process-related equipment and materials that were conceived but either were short-lived or never made it: The plastic stencil. Unmixed solder and flux. TAB bonding. The list goes on.

SHANGHAI – IPC has appointed Peter Chiang as its vice president of IPC China. Chiang also will serve as IPC’s chief representative for Taiwan.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus has entered into a strategic agreement with U.S.R. Electronic Systems under which the latter will support Plexus` customers requiring manufacturing and engineering solutions within Israel.