TIJUANA – Electronics manufacturing services provider OnCore Manufacturing has added cable and harness assembly services at its 48,000 sq. ft. plant here.
MESA, AZ – Foxconn is considering opening a manufacturing plant in Arizona, just after Apple announced it would buy a factory in Mesa.
Both firms are on the list for state property, energy and employment tax breaks and money from the Arizona Competes Fund, say reports.
GARBSEN, GERMANY – LPKF Laser & Electronics reported revenue up 21% year-over-year to EUR 99.5 million for the first nine months of 2013.
LONDON – The global optical networks market will exceed $17.5 billion by 2018, for a 3.1% CAGR from 2012, says Ovum.
SOMERSET, UK -- EMS firm Marsden Smith has been sold out of administration, saving 15 workers from unemployment. The contract assembler, which was founded in 2007, had entered administration just a month before.
FLINT, MI -- A Detroit area judge has ordered Toyota to turn over documents related to a fatal crash attributed by the victim's family to sudden unintended acceleration. The family is looking for evidence that tin whiskers may have played a role in causing a key sensor to fail, thus preventing the auto from slowing as designed.