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VERL, GERMANY -- Smyczek GmbH, a German EMS company, has been acquired by the Beckhoff Group.

TAIPEI – Foxconn is in talks with Acer about producing its notebooks, say published reports.

Acer currently outsources its notebook production, with 40% of the 2010 production going to Compal Electronics, and Wistron and Quanta Computer getting 20% to 30% each. Remaining orders will go to Inventec, reports DigiTimes.

However, some analysts discount the odds that Foxconn will receive orders from Acer in the near future, the reports say.

SMYRNA, GA -- Circuits Assembly is accepting entries for the 18th annual Service Excellence Awards until Dec. 4.

LOS ALTOS, CA -- Computer equipment production will see a lukewarm recovery, rising 6.1% in 2010 and 9.7% in 2011.

SAN JOSE -- The 90-day average worldwide semiconductors sales rose 5.1% sequentially to $21.7 billion in October, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today.

WASHINGTON – New orders for US computers and electronics in October fell 2.1% from September on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's down from the 0.2% drop in September.

Computers and electronics orders for the month were $24.5 billion, says the US Commerce Department.

US computers and related product orders dropped 7.2% sequentially, compared to a 0.3% increase in September. October orders fell to $4 billion.

Communications orders dipped a slight 0.2% in October, reaching $5.1 billion, after a drop of 5.3% in the prior month.

Defense capital goods orders decreased 18.4% in October to $8.5 billion, after a gain of 5.6% in September.