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ANAHEIM, CA — The largest shareholder in flex circuit maker Multi-Fineline Electronix has turned down an offer by a rival to purchase the company.
 
WBL Corp. Ltd., M-Flex's biggest stockholder, voted not to accept shares in MFS Technology as part of an offer MFS made for M-Flex.
 
WBL shareholder approval was a pre-condition of the deal.
 
An M-Flex special committee had withdrawn its recommendation for the offer last August.
 

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NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK – Eleven staff at GSPK Electronics have been let go after the company was placed in administration.

Mark Firmin and Richard Fleming of KPMG were appointed joint administrators of GSPK Electronics on Friday.

A spokesman said it’s too early to say if there will be any further job losses among the remaining 104 staff.

Firmin said the business has been hit by a significant overseas bad debt and does not have sufficient funding to continue trading outside of bankruptcy.

GSPK manufactures electronics products for the television, telecommunications and automotive sectors.
 

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ADDISON, TX – Interconnect supplier AirBorn has acquired StrataFlex and Central Minnesota Tool. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
 
Toronto-based StrataFLEX designs and manufactures flexible printed circuits and assemblies for the military/aerospace, medical instrumentation and industrial markets.
 
Little Falls, MN-based CMT provides turnkey stamping, moldings and automation capability for assembly, for automotive, military/aerospace, medical instrumentation and telecom.
 
“This is a significant step forward for AirBorn,” says Cindy Lewis, president and CEO of AirBorn, in a statement. “Growth in the flex circuit market has outpaced growth in standard connectors."
 
 

 

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LONDON – U.S. chemicals group Huntsman Corp. said it received a $6.1 billion takeover offer from private-equity firm Apollo Management, trumping a previously agreed deal with Dutch group Basell.
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CHEVY CHASE, MD – A trade group study examining opportunities for UV and electron beam technologies in printed electronics applications is nearing completion.

An executive summary will be presented July 23 at a RadTech meeting in Chicago. RadTech is a trade association for companies interested in UV and EB technologies.

Among the areas studied: conductive inks; RFID; displays; lighting; batteries; photovoltaics; circuitry; memory; sensors; clothing and textiles.

The event is free, but advanced registration is required. Contact RadTech at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

 

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GREENVILLE, SC – JPS Industries announced it will acquire certain assets of Hexcel Corp. for $62.5 million in cash plus a contingent payment of up to $12.5 million. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter and is subject to customary closing conditions. 
 
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