EL SEGUNDO – While Apple will shift manufacturing of one computer line from Asia to the US starting next year, the scale and magnitude of the move is not expected to be major, says IHS iSuppli. Read more ...

BATHGATE, SCOTLAND – Plexus will invest £9 million in a new factory here, which should be operational in February. Read more ...

COSTA MESA, CA -- TTM Technologies has named Thomas Edman president, effective Jan. 7.

FRAMINGHAM, MA  -- Big piles of cash and high expectations for a market upturn will inform many business decisions in the coming year, IDC Manufacturing Insights analysts said in a webinar today.