ANGLETON, TX – Benchmark Electronics said it expects to report fourth-quarter 2012 revenue slightly above the high end of guidance.

TORONTO -- An unspecified number of Canadian military transport planes have counterfeit Chinese electronics in their cockpit displays, a new CBC News report asserts. The report could prove embarrassing to Canadian defense officials, who have denied the presence of such parts, CBC News says.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Cookson Group’s Alpha and Enthone businesses have become part of the newly formed Alent plc.

MEDWAY, MA -- Gunter Erdmann, the former president of MPM, has died. He was 73.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron is presenting the first in a 10-part cleaning webinar series: “Why Clean PCBs.”