MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Gregory Vance, Rockwell Automation, will serve as interim SMTA president through the current term ending in September.

WASHINGTON – Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $35.4 billion in January, down 0.3% year-over-year and 2.2% sequentially, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.

TAIPEI – Foxconn expects revenue to fall 15% in consumer electronics and enterprise products during the first quarter but predicts production will return to normal levels during the second quarter, according to reports.

IRVINE, CA – TopLine’s CEO Martin Hart has been awarded a US patent for a fixture designed to deliver 1752 solder columns onto a substrate as part of the ceramic column grid array (CCGA) assembly process.