SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Representatives and executives from the semiconductor industry across the six participating regions made significant progress on issues ranging from multi-component agreements to encryption standards to piracy and IP protection at their annual meeting last week.

SHENZHEN -- Nam Tai Electronics today announced its Wuxi plant has been approved by a customer for producing high-resolution LCD modules for tablets and smartphones.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- SigmaTron International has acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Spitfire Control, one of its longtime customers.

LONDON -- The National Physical Laboratory, along with partners In2Tec Ltd. and Gwent Electronic Materials, reportedly have developed a printed circuit board whose components can be easily separated by immersion in hot water.