JACKSON, MI -- EMS provider Sparton Corp. won three contracts worth more than $24 million to manufacture sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy .

Sparton won a $20 million program to build the AN/SSQ-53F sonobuoy; a $2.5 million contract for the AN/SSQ-77C, and a $1.5 million program for the AN/SSQ-62E.

Production will take place in Sparton's DeLeon Springs, FL, facility and is expected to be completed by June 2007.

BUDAPEST -- Flextronics International will lay off up to 950 employees -- nearly half its workforce -- at its plant in Nyiregyhaza, in eastern Hungary, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a local news agency.

According to the report, Flextronics has advised the local officials about the layoff.

The company reportedly employs 2,000 at the plant, which makes appliances and office electronics.

The report said Flextronics cited seasonality for the impeding layoffs.

TORONTO -- SMTC Corp., a mid-tier EMS provider, has begun building assemblies and perform final integration for an unspecified program for Telco Systems. No financial terms were announced.

Telco is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications,  a provider of carrier-class transport and access gear for IP and TDM networks.

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SMTC is building assemblies in Toronto, and conducting chassis fabrication, PCBA integration, final test, and configuration in Boston.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics reported sales of $625 million for its fourth quarter, up sharply from $524 million last year. Net income was up $4.5 million, to $24.7 million, for the quarter ended Dec. 31.

The company said it will expand its low-cost capacity while realigning elsewhere, specifically in in the U.K. It said it would take a $3.5 million to $4.5 million pretax charge for the closure of its U.K. facility.

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