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ELKHART, IN – EMS provider CTS Corp. announced first-quarter 2008 revenues of $172.8 million, up 6% compared to the same period last year.

HERNDON, VA – The North American workshop for the 2009 iNEMI Roadmap will review drafts of most of the 22 technology/business process chapters to be included in the roadmap.

The full-day meeting, scheduled for May 14, at iNEMI’s Herndon, VA headquarters, provides for a two-way dialogue.

The registration deadline is May 8.

Chapter committees will give industry a “sneak peek” at work in progress, and workshop participants can provide feedback and direction to ensure that the final chapters accurately reflect the state of the industry and anticipate future directions.

In addition to the workshop in North America, roadmap workshops are scheduled in Europe (June 18 in Leuven, Belgium) and Asia (July 28 in Shanghai).

For more information, visit http://www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2009_RM_NA_May08.html.

HONG KONG – Xinye Technology Enterprises has selected the Suining Innovation Industrial Zone in Sichuan Province, China, to build a new PCB manufacturing plant. Located in Southwest China, the manufacturing facility will reportedly be the largest in this area of the country when completed, occupying about 7 million sq. ft.

The company reports that it expects to take three to five years to build the facility, with a cost of over $250 million required for completion. The designed annual capability of the base will reportedly be 5 million square meters, and create 6,000 to 8,000 new jobs for the area.

LOGAN, UTAH -- When Blake Kirby first invested in Inovar, some 10 years ago, he “didn’t even know what contract manufacturing was.” Now president and COO of the EMS firm, Kirby recalls when he first saw the company, it was housed in a garage. The space was so small, the first SMT line the company purchased cleared the walls by a scant 4".

LEXINGTON, MA -- Cookson Electronics will implement IBS America's quality management software at its 55 locations around the world, the software supplier said today.

According to IBS, Cookson purchased an enterprise license for IBS's QSi system. Cookson has used the tools since 2001 to streamline document control and resolve customer concerns. With the purchase of the enterprise license, the software will now be used by 2,500 employees across multiple divisions.

"We chose to implement the QSi System worldwide in order to standardize quality systems," said Adam Gorski, IT global vice president, Cookson Electronics/AMG. "The enterprise system will help us with systems integration globally, and allow us to communicate changes in documentation across all of our locations and coordinate rapid, consistent responses to customer concerns."