DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UK -- SMT equipment distributor SMT Xtra has purchased the assets of Elcoteq's former plant in Pécs, Hungary for about $10 million.

ROUND ROCK, TX -- Electronic Component Manufacturing has closed and will be auctioned, CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY has learned.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US House of Representatives has approved a bill calling for severe penalties on those that pass US companies' trade secrets to foreign governments.

WARRENDALE, PA -- AS5553A, a new standard for counterfeit electronics parts avoidance and detection, is in the final phases of review by the SAE Aerospace Council and should be released in January, the SAE G19 Committee said.