SUWONG-SI, SOUTH KOREA – Samsung Electro-Mechanics reported fourth quarter revenue of KRW 2.1 trillion (US$1.9 billion), up 17% year-over-year.

ANDOVER, MA – MKS Instruments reported fourth quarter net revenues were $660 million, up 32% year-over-year and 12% sequentially.

WALLINGFORD, CT – Amphenol posted fourth quarter revenues of $2.43 billion, an increase of 13% year-over-year.

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Defense announced a new Defense Electronics Consortium and awarded millions toward its establishment to a subsidiary of the IPC trade group. The consortium will seek to affirm supply chain security for electronic products of national interest to the US.