HAIFA, ISRAEL – Flex opened a new design center here, inaugurated last month.

SAN JOSE, CA – Taiyo Industrial Co. has appointed Zero Defects International to manage the North American introduction of its automated printed circuit board final inspection systems.  

CUPERTINO, CA – Apple is considering joining Foxconn in a bid to buy Toshiba's memory chip business, according to published reports.

STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $386 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.3% from 2016, according to Gartner.

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – Kulicke & Soffa Industries opened a 180m² process and applications laboratory here.