TOKYO -- Top 10 EMS provider SIIX reported second-quarter net income of 1.89 billion yen, up 1% year-over-year.

SANTA CLARA, CA — Smartphone shipments are forecast to reach 567 million in 2012, and nearly double by 2016 as new phones, like this week’s anticipated iPhone 5, continue to enter the market.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – IEST has published a new document that defines and describes highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and highly accelerated stress screening (HASS).

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- EMS firm SigmaTron International swung to a net loss for its first fiscal 2013 quarter on charges related to acquisitions and moves.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- A new white paper details how to overcome assembly challenges of QFNs through proper stencil design and solder mask layout.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (the common name for Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported August non-consolidated revenues rose 3.7% year-over-year.

OLATHE, KS -- Elecsys reported fiscal first-quarter contract electronics assembly sales fell 24% year-over-year as the company eliminated its lower-margin programs.

HARTLEPOOL, UK -- EMS firm Stadium Group has acquired all shares of displays OEM IGT Industries for up to £4.2 million in cash.

HONG KONG -- Local courts in two countries have approved creditors' plans for the restructuring of Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Ltd., the company said today.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Passive components manufacturer AVX will stand trial this week over allegedly polluting local water supplies.

ANGERS, FRANCE -- Local authorities have given workers at a Technicolor set-top box factory here a one-month stay of execution from a shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC -- A US House committee is investigating possible security threats to the nation's infrastructure from two large Chinese telecommunications companies.