MAUI – The 2013 Pan Pacific Symposium Best Presentation Award went to Rolf Aschenbrenner, Ph.D., in a vote by attendees of the January conference.
DUBLIN – The worldwide electronics assembly market has experienced enormous growth over the past 19 years, nearly quadrupling in size to approximately $1.1 trillion in terms of cost of goods sold as of 2011, says Research and Markets.
SAN JOSE – A pair of trade groups will host a workshop on flame resistance requirements for electronics this spring.
MINNEAPOLIS -- AOI and SPI OEM CyberOptics took a net loss of $6.5 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31 as revenue fell sharply in its fiscal fourth quarter.
FINLAND -- EMS firm Scanfil reported December quarter sales rose 5% to 40.8 million euros, while net profits rose from flat to 300,000 euros.
REYNOSA, MEXICO -- Celestica has closed its two factories here and laid off as many as 2,000 workers, according to published reports.