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ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- The enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission has notified Jabil Circuit it recommends no action on Jabil's historical stock option grant practices.

Following a roughly six-month investigation, the SEC Division of Enforcement issued a letter to Jabil advising the SEC not to take any enforcement action.

BALTIMORE, MD – View Systems Inc., homeland defense solutions provider, has agreed to merge with Wytan.

Wytan is a Golden, CO-based EMS firm specializing in surface mount, ball grid array, micro BGA, chip scale packages and flip chip.

Principals from both companies are discussing the merger process. No financial terms have been disclosed.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PWB shipments in October dropped 4.8% year-over-year; orders decreased 14.6% compared to the same month in 2007, says IPC.

CHANDLER, AZ – Isola Group, maker of base materials for PCBs, has entered into a license agreement with Park Electrochemical Corp., granting Park the right to practice under two of Isola’s patents.

These patents are directed to laminates and PCBs that incorporate square weave fabric materials.

Financial terms of the agreement are confidential and will not be disclosed.

MARLOW, ENGLAND – Aegis Software, developer of manufacturing operations system software, has opened its new European headquarters near Marlow, England.

Aegis Europe occupies an entire building with facilities for customer support, training, a customer lounge, and sales and administrative offices. Training is available to educate customers on the firm’s MOS software.

The location has an expanded sales and support staff and technology conferences to update local customers on new product developments, and to provide first-hand feedback.

BUCKS, UK – SMART Group has redesigned www.smartgroup.org to support engineers globally.

The site includes new features to assist in solving technical problems, design help, searching for suppliers or keeping up-to-date with industry trends.

The firm’s future events are included on the site, with reports on recent seminar and workshop presentations.

Newsletters are archived to January 2004, and visitors can participate and see results of SMART Group’s surveys.

Most frequently asked questions and responses from the smart-e-link forum are now available. Featured defects, technology downloads, a library of technical papers and assembly defect video clips are also on the site.