LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Sparton will close its electronics assembly factory here by mid 2016 and lay off up to 82 workers, the company said today.

MANAUS CITY, BRAZIL -- Flex will acquire a former Nokia electronics production site here, where it will build smartphones and Xboxes for Microsoft.

AMSTERDAM – Western European universities spend billions on IT equipment produced by young Chinese students who are forced to work on production lines during so-called internships, a human rights group alleged today.

TIJUANA, MEXICO -- Flex has opened a 530,000 sq. ft. medical device manufacturing facility and Center of Excellence here, calling it the "showcase" location for the EMS company's medical operations.

GENT, BELGIUM -- The caretaker of the Gerber electronics data transfer format is proposing efficiency improvements for handling fabrication and assembly panels.