BRUSSELS – The WEEE Forum, which represents global e-waste producer responsibility organizations, expanded its membership into Colombia, South Africa, Spain and Lithuania. New members are EcoCómputo and Red Verde from Colombia; ERA, South Africa; EEPA, Lithuania; and Ecolec, Spain.

SUZHOU, CHINA – Eternal Materials plans to invest CNY90.5 million (US$13.8 million) to build a coating production line at its plant here, according to reports, with the firm’s Guangzhou plant at max capacity.

TOKYO – Toppan Printing has developed a flexible thin-film transistor that reportedly withstands a million bending cycles to a 1mm radius of curvature and demonstrates advantages for practical application, such as an on/off current ratio of at least 107 with carrier mobility of 10cm2/Vs or more.

FRANKFURT – The German area PCB market recorded fourth quarter sales up 1.7% year-over-year, according to ZVEI, almost a quarter of total annual sales.