ANSAN, KOREA – AT&S is investing €30 million (US$33.4 million) over the next two fiscal years to upgrade its site here.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The following statement can be attributed to John Mitchell, IPC president and CEO: “The electronics manufacturing industry welcomes the announcement that the US and China have agreed to a ‘phase one’ trade deal bolstering enforcement of China's intellectual property laws and rolling back or postponing retaliatory tariffs on thousands of goods traded between them.

MANILA – The Philippine Competition Commission has approved the purchase of ATM module assembler Hitachi Terminals Mechatronics Philippines by PCB maker Mikuni Toyo Co.

JIANGSU, CHINA – Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans to shut down its HDI PCB manufacturing facility here as a result of poor profits, according to reports.