CAMBRIDGE, MA – A team of 18 researchers, led by MIT, Berkeley, and BU, reports a technique for assembling on-chip optics and electronics separately, enabling use of more modern transistor technologies. The technique only requires existing manufacturing processes.

ZANDT, GERMANY – Zollner Elektronik said its Zandt headquarters is nearing completion.

SAN FRANCISCO – Tempo Automation has closed a $20 million Series B round to increase its manufacturing capacity and double its team in software engineering, sales, and manufacturing.

TOKYO – TKR Corp., the EMS business of Nippon Manufacturing Services, passed a resolution in February to expand into Vietnam. The tentative name of the new site is TKR Manufacturing Vietnam Co.