TAIPEI – Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) said it filed several patent infringement complaints against Suyin Technology and its units in a US district court.

SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group today announced the dates for the fourth annual VIRTUAL PCB, the industry’s only virtual trade show and conference for the PCB design, fabrication and assembly markets. The free two-day worldwide event takes place March 8-9, 2011. Exhibitors already are signing up, Bare Board Group, DownStream Technologies and EMA Design Automation among them.

A fully interactive, Web-based event, VIRTUAL PCB (www.virtual-pcb.com) incorporates all the critical features of a live event, while allowing PCB design, fabrication and assembly equipment and materials buyers and sellers to interact online. VIRTUAL PCB is supported by a proven software platform (provided by INXPO), and will be accessible on-demand for one month beyond the free two-day live event. The 2010 event drew more than 2,900 registrants and 1,600 attendees from around the world.

Features of the upcoming virtual event will include custom exhibit booths, live attendee-attendee and attendee-exhibitor communication, live and on-demand equipment demonstrations, real-time technical presentations, open “chats” moderated by industry experts, and much more.

“VIRTUAL PCB sets the benchmark for what a global trade show can be,” said UP Media Group President Pete Waddell. “It’s dynamic, with lots of methods to communicate with peers, customers or suppliers. Also, while live trade show attendance tends to be very local in nature, VIRTUAL PCB lets you talk with counterparts from around the world, either in a group or one-on-one.”

For more information about VIRTUAL PCB, visit www.virtual-pcb.com or contact Alyson Skarbek, show manager, at 404-665-7749 or askarbek@upmediagroup.com.

JONKOPING, SWEDEN -- A Kitron subsidiary here has received new orders worth some NOK 20 million ($3.4 million) annually.

LA QUINTA, CA – Electronics equipment growth will outpace worldwide GDP by a factor of more than two-to-one over the next five years, while PWB growth will be even higher, according to a leading industry analyst.

LA QUINTA, CA – The US recession ended in the summer of 2009. You hadn’t noticed? That’s because recovery has been “mediocre, muted,” according to Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and director of research for the Consumer Electronics Association.

LAS VEGAS – IPC invites researchers, technical experts and industry leaders to submit 300-word abstracts for poster presentations at Apex Expo, taking place at the Mandalay Bay here April 12 to 14.

Technical poster presentations are being sought on design, materials, assembly, processes and equipment. Submissions in the areas of printed electronics, package-on-package assembly, solar cell assembly, advanced substrates, reliability and Pb-free assembly are especially encouraged.

Submit abstracts at www.ipcapexexpo.org/cfposters by Feb. 18.

ALAMEDA, CA -- Electronics production in Central and Eastern Europe is on course to hit $100 billion as contract manufacturers and component companies expand their local presence, a new report says.

TAMPA, FL -- Bulova Technologies is currently in negotiations with a potential buyer of its EMS unit in Melbourne, FL, the company said.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Some of the biggest names in the electronics OEM and EMS space are headed for mergers or acquisitions, a leading analyst predicts.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Demand for LCD TVs and Blu-ray players makes consumer electronics the hot market, but will semiconductor suppliers benefit?

RONKONKOMA, NY -- API Technologies swung to a fiscal first-quarter net profit of $800,000, up from a loss of $800,000 last year.

WUZHONG, CHINA -- Flextronics opened its latest computing facility here, its fourth in China, as it aims to become a major player in the PC manufacturing business.