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BANNOCKBURN, IL – December PWB shipments fell 14.5% year-over-year and bookings slid 21.1%.

For the month, rigid shipments fell 14.2% and bookings dropped 24.5% from 2007. Flex shipments dropped 17.1% and orders rose 23.8%.

NEW YORK – L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. reported fourth-quarter revenues climbed 5.4% to $4.01 billion, compared to $3.81 billion in 2007. Year-over-year, revenue grew 7% to $14.9 billion.

AUSTIN, TX – National Instruments reported record annual revenue of $821 million, up 11% year-over-year. For the quarter ended December 31, revenue was $202 million, down 1% from $204.8 million from the previous quarter.

SAN JOSE, CA – The MicroElectronics Packaging and Testing Engineering Council (MEPTEC) has finalized the program for its first-quarter symposium, “Semiconductor Packaging--Impacting the Age of Consumer Electronics.”

Held February 19, the event will begin with Ronald Steger delivering the keynote presentation. The topics of the symposium will address the most urgent areas of consumer products packaging.

TORONTO – Firan Technology Group Corp. (FTG) reported a 38% increase in fourth-quarter sales to $17.4 million. Sales grew 14% for the year ended November 30, to $63.2 million, compared to $55.6 million in 2007.

PORTLAND, OR -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI) reported that its fiscal 2009 third quarter revenues were $25.6 million, down 48% from the previous quarter. The company's fiscal 2009 third quarter ended December 27, 2008.