TORONTO -- Celestica's top executive says the EMS company is seeking possible acquisitions among healthcare companies.

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – Assembléon is joining Valor Computerized Systems to provide software for its pick-and-place equipment.

The companies have introduced a suite of software and tools for electronic equipment assembly that will automate machine-, line- and factory-level workflows and business processes.

The software suite automates process preparation and engineering, work-order and workflow control, and tactical-level scheduling. There are modules for quality, test, inspection and repair, real-time performance management and reporting, as well as materials flow and replenishment management. 

No financial terms of the partnership were disclosed.

NIWOT, CO – Aeroflex Corp., Agilent Technologies Inc., and Test Evolution Corp. proposed a modular test standard: AXIe (AdvancedTCA Extensions for Instrumentation and Test).

AXIe is an open standard based on AdvancedTCA that creates an ecosystem of components, products and systems for general purpose instrumentation and semiconductor test.

AXIe leverages existing standards from ATCA, PXI, LXI and IVI.

It provides scalability to address a range of platforms, including general purpose rack-and-stack, modular systems, semiconductor ATE systems, bench top, and module plug-ins.

For more information, visit www.axiestandard.org.

TAIWAN – Pegatron Technology, subsidiary of Asustek, saw consolidated revenues of NT$54.61 billion for October, up 6.1% sequentially and 3.5% year-over-year.