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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide PC shipments fell 9.8% in 2013, the most severe contraction on record, according to IDC. Worse, shipments are expected to decline another 6.1% in 2014 as the market continues to lose share to tablets and smartphones.

CHICAGO – Ellsworth Adhesives and Henkel are hosting a free technical workshop on lighting assembly- and board-level solutions for LED and lighting manufacturers here Apr. 9.

COLCHESTER, UK – Nordson Dage opened a research and development facility here, which has doubled the firm’s R & D space.

WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 8.8% year-over-year in January, marking the industry’s highest-ever January sales total and the largest year-to-year increase in nearly three years. The 90-day moving average sales reached $26.28 billion in January, the Semiconductor Industry Association today announced, down 1.4% from December on normal seasonal trends.

ARENDAL, NORWAY -- Kitron will lay off between 50 and 100 workers at its facility here, the company's largest, according to published reports. The EMS company, which employs 1,100 to 1,200 workers worldwide, plans to cut up to 20% of the 500-person workforce at its site here.

MINNEAPOLIS -- HEI swung to a net profit despite a 25% year-over-year drop in revenue for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 28. The contract assembler reported sales of $8.59 million, down as a result of lack of follow-on orders for military radio system components due to delays and reductions in government procurement.