SMYRNA, GA – PCB West celebrated its 20^th anniversary in style this week, as attendance for the annual trade show rose 30.4% from last year.

HONG KONG -- Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Ltd. today said negotiations with a potential investor that could keep the company out of bankruptcy are ongoing and it expects definitive agreements will be signed in October.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission next month will host a public meeting to discuss the looming "conflict metals" law.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Surface mount technology equipment sales will grow 80% between 2010 and 2017, a new research report predicts.

SANTA CLARA, CA – PCD&F today announced the winners of the fall 2011 New Product Introduction Award for printed circuit board design.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn chairman Terry Gou strongly denied rumors that the world's largest contract electronics assembler plans to lay off tens of thousands of workers.

SMYRNA, GA – PCB West, the annual Silicon Valley-based electronics design and manufacturing trade show, opens its exhibition halls today with the anticipation of large crowds.

BEIJING — Lenovo and Compal will form a joint venture to build notebook computers, the companies said today.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit reported preliminary fourth-quarter net income rose 95% to $114.3 million, a record for the period.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- PCB West, the annual Silicon Valley trade show, opens today with anticipation of an event that tops even last year's turnout.

CHICAGO, IL ― The decision of whether to offshore to China or Mexico isn't one of capability but rather of fit.

SHANDONG, CHINA -- A Foxconn assembly plant here caught fire yesterday, but the blaze was extinguished with no casualties or impact on operations, the firm is saying.