ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil Circuit reported third-quarter profit climbed 48% on a 19% hike in sales. The top tier provider of electronics manufacturing services said May quarter earnings rose to $59.4 million, from $40.1 million a year ago.

Revenue rose 19% to $1.94 billion from $1.63 billion last year.

RENO, NV -- Electronic Evolution Technologies, a manufacturer of assemblies for the medical, RF/wireless, gaming, industrial and digital AV markets, will assume a 17,000 sq. ft. plant in  Empalme, Sonora, Mexico. 

The plant is located in the Bellavista Industrial Park and is run by the Offshore Group, a Tucson, AZ, provider of outsourced manufacturing services to companies in the aerospace, medical device, automotive, electronics and optics industries in Mexico.  

EET will eventually employ between 50 to 100 direct labor workers, the company said.

In a statement EET president Sonny Newman said, "Our decision to establish an operation in Mexico was predicated on a desire to offer our customers a low-cost labor solution."

The Offshore Group runs industrial parks in Coahuila and Sonora and claims more than 35 manufacturers under contract that employ an aggregate 13,500 direct labor employees.

ROCHESTER, NY ¾ Hover-Davis Inc., designer and manufacturer of component delivery systems for the PCB assembly industry, has appointed Sincotron Finland Oy as its distributor for Finland and the Baltic States.

Sincotron Finland is a distributor of machines, material and services, including SMD placement, inspection, microelectronics (such as bonding, curing and cleaning), soldering, dispensing, screen printing, testing, software, profiling, tools and consumables (such as solder paste and stencil wiper papers).

“Sincotron is well established and respected in the Finnish market,” said Mike Hayward, H-D European sales manager. “Their line card is complimentary to the Hover-Davis product offering and plans for expansion into the Baltic States means that we can extend our coverage into these emerging markets.”

Norwalk, CT- Technology software developer BDMetrics will debut ATExpo Connects, a personalized web-based tool, at the Assembly Technology Expo in September. Available for each show attendee, the software mines through the ATExpo database of people, products and conference sessions to generate a custom report tailored to the attendees' needs and interests. 

The tool will be release in mid-August. After attendees register, they will be emailed a personalized report detailing people they should meet, companies they should visit and conference sessions they should attend, based on the preference each attendee outlines when they register. The report will be updated as the show dates approach.

ATExpo will take place Sept. 27-29, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.