TAIPEI – Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, and Geely Automobile Holdings, China’s largest private auto maker, are in talks to develop green cars, according to published reports.

SAN JOSE -- Adeptron Technologies will close its plant here effective Jan. 31 and shift a portion of the production to their facilities in Markham and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

TAIPEI – Foxconn today said December non-consolidated revenues were up 5.6% sequentially to $8.37 billion, the second highest monthly sales in the EMS firm’s history.

Fourth-quarter sales were up 11.3% to $24.6 billion, on strong orders from Apple.

For 2010, the firm’s non-consolidated revenues were $78.9 billion, up 62.8% year-over-year.

In the first three months of 2011, the company expects revenues to fall less than the typical 20%, while 2011 full-year sales are forecast to be at least 15% higher year-over-year.

BOSTON -- The SMTA and IEEE will hold a joint meeting at Benchmark Electronics to reveal the latest results of multiple research studies investigating nano-solders and Pb-free electronics in high-rel products.