BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron today reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 4.4% to NOK 462.4 million ($84.5 million) on higher demand for marine end-products.

CHICAGO -- Boeing engineers investigating problems with the new Dreamliner 787's batteries say the short circuits might have been caused by metal whiskers.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Manufacturing companies should think in terms of “right shoring,” not off-shoring or reshoring, according to John Shook, CEO and chairman of the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute.

NEW YORK -- Revenues from outsourced medical electronics manufacturing reached $16.56 billion in 2012 and are expected to grow 11% compounded annually through 2019, a research firm says.