ARLINGTON, VA -- The 30-day average orders of electronics components leveled in May, offering hope for the coming months.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) reported non-consolidated revenues fell 11.2% year-over-year to NT$91.7 billion (US$2.8 billion) in May.

PENANG -- The SMTA is seeking papers for the South East Asia Technical Conference on Electronics Assembly Technologies in November.

The conference takes place Nov. 19-20, in Penang, Malaysia, in conjunction with the SMTA Penang Academy and 2009 SMTA Penang Tabletop Exhibition.

The abstract (300 words) deadline is July 6. Visit http://www.smta.org/education/education.cfm#asia_pacific for more information or to submit an abstract.

SALEM, NH -- A Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies technician was airlifted to an intensive care unit after a wave soldering machine caught fire and burned him from the chest up on Monday.