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HONG KONG -- Greenpeace identified three containers of electronic waste shipped illegally to Hong Kong. China bans import of electronic waste but it is legal in the U.S. to export it.

Read more: Greenpeace Averts E-Waste Shipment

TOKYO -- The JPCA Show is typically not one where many orders are placed on the floor. Rather, specifications are discussed, tires on equipment are kicked, materials are introduced, and the exhibition of evolutionary progressions is the norm. And yet, equipment suppliers were in many cases optimistic.

Read more: Optimism, New Orders Common at JPCA

SHANGHAI, CHINA – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) will hold its workshop in Shanghai on July 28, to allow the electronics industry to view and present feedback on the 2009 iNEMI Roadmap.

Read more: iNEMI Roadmap Workshop Scheduled in Shanghai

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies has acquired the assets of Taiwan-based Escort Instruments, a supplier of low-cost test and measurement instruments and a subsidiary of Unitech Printed Circuit Board.

Unitech had a 60% stake in Escort Instruments. The purchase involves about NT$100 to 150 million (US$ 3.3 to 4.2 million) worth of assets. The acquisition includes Escort's R&D, marketing, intellectual property (IP) and the majority of the subsidiary's low-cost instrument product portfolio, Agilent said. The purchase should be completed in July.

SAN JOSE – The industry is at an interesting time in history because macroeconomics is struggling, yet the semiconductor market will continue to grow over the next three years, said George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Read more: SIA: 2008 Semi Forecast Strong Despite Weak Memory Market

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- RTI International has developed in new technique that may improve computer performance and significantly change the manufacturing process for electronics by eliminating the need for organic substrates.

Read more: Silicon Circuit Boards Improve Computing Performance