EL SEGUNDO, CA – DRAM revenue rose to $7.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013, up nearly 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, and up nearly 11% compared to the third quarter of last year, says IHS.

FT. WORTH, TX — Motorola will open a manufacturing facility here later this year and hire up to 2,000 workers to produce its new Moto X smartphone, the first to be assembled in the US.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The total forecasted North American EMS market size for 2013 is $69 billion, up about 4% year-over-year says IPC.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC said today the April North American printed circuit board book-to-bill ratio reached 1.10, its highest level since July 2010.