ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics reported first-quarter net income nearly doubled to $11 million, despite lower sales and softness in the computing sector.

ELKHART, IN -- CTS announced first-quarter EMS segment sales plunged 27% on lower demand for defense and aerospace electronics.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron chief executive Jørgen Bredesen will resign from the contract assembler, effective no later than October.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- The global market for auto driver-assist systems is forecast to grow 41% compounded annually through 2020, new research says.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Smartphone shipments now account for a larger percentage of mobile handset shipments than feature phones and low-cost handsets in much of the world, but the trend is shifting.