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MUNICH – A workshop on Advanced Packaging Trends for Medical Electronics will be held here Nov. 14, one day prior to Productronica. The workshop will be hosted by Fraunhofer EMFT and TechSearch International.

The workshop will provide a forum on all aspects of medical electronics packaging and assembly, including technology, infrastructure and economics.

For more information, visit www.techsearchinc.com.

TORONTO -- Celestica reported third-quarter profits rose 35% year-over-year, but the world's fourth largest contract assembler said visibility in the current quarter is waning.

PATHUM THANI, THAILAND -- Fabrinet announced today that production at its two manufacturing facilities here are currently suspended due to the logistics and infrastructure disruption resulting from severe flooding.

STAMFORD, CT – A leading research firm this week laid down the Top 10 technologies to watch, use, buy, order and manufacture for 2012.

SINGAPORE – Electronics manufacturing services provider Flextronics today reported second-quarter adjusted net income of $158 million, down 12% year-over-year.

Net sales increased 8% to $8 billion compared to the same period last year.

“From a revenue growth perspective, our business performed well in the quarter despite the sluggish macroeconomic backdrop. Outside of our Industrial and Emerging Industries business group, our three remaining groups grew both sequentially and year-over-year, driven by new outsourcing programs,” said Mike McNamara, CEO of Flextronics. “We have accelerated our exit of the ODM PC business, which will be completed in the December quarter.”

“We generated $176 million of free cash flow for the quarter, as we continue to tightly manage our working capital. This strong cash generation aided the repurchase of more than 19 million ordinary shares with a cost of slightly more than $100 million,” said Paul Read, CFO of Flextronics. “This week we also closed a new $2 billion credit facility."

For the third quarter, revenue is expected to be in the range of $7.3 billion to $7.7 billion.

SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB West 2012, to be held September 25-27, 2012, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.