LOUISVILLE, KY -- Sypris Solutions today said first-quarter revenue at its Electronics Group rose 16% to $8.4 million. Gross loss for the quarter was $600,000, down from breakeven in 2013, primarily reflecting a change in mix of electronics manufacturing services due to the loss of certain high margin space programs in 2013.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- Kitron yesterday named ex PartnerTech EMS head Peter Nilsson chief executive officer. Nilsson will assume the new role no later than November, and will replace Dag Songedal, who took the job on an interim basis last June.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus chief financial officer Ginger Jones has resigned, effective immediately. The company named treasurer and vice president of finance Patrick Jermain as CFO.

The notion that Foxconn might take a large stake in a major Taiwanese telecom equipment company poses a litany of interesting questions for its largest customer -- Apple.