TAIPEI – Smartphone proliferation is expected to significantly increase rigid-flex PCB demand by the end of the year and into 2011, according to an analyst from the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center.

TORONTO -- The Toronto Stock Exchange has given Coretec 120 days to regain compliance with its listing requirements.

ROGERS, CT – Rogers Corp. has raised its guidance for the third quarter, citing higher demand across several product lines.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Harald Sommerer will step down as AT&S chairman on June 30, 2010, citing the need for new challenges as the reason.

Sommerer joined AT&S in 1997, serving as CFO and a member of the management board. He has been chairman since 2005.

Over the past two years, AT&S has struggled as the European PWB industry migrated offshore. The company remains the largest PWB fabricator in Europe.