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SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina reported fiscal fourth quarter revenue ended Oct. 1 of $1.67 billion, up 1.8% year-over-year and flat sequentially.

Read more: Sanmina Reports Fiscal Q4 Revenue Up 1.8% YoY

FREMONT, CA – More than 150 persons attended an open house at Silicon Valley printed circuit board fabricator Bay Area Circuits last month.

Read more: Bay Area Circuits Open House Highlights Solar Cars

COSTA MESA, CA – TTM Technologies’ third quarter net sales ended Sept. 26 were $641.7 million, down 15.8% year-over-year and up 6.6% sequentially.

Read more: TTM Technologies Posts Q3 Net Sales Down 15.8% YoY

NORTHFIELD, MN – All Flex has created a library of videos about flexible circuitry that serves as an educational resource for designers, product development engineers, electronic technicians and hardware engineers.

Read more: All Flex Builds Flex Circuitry Video Library

LISLE, IL – Molex has developed the capability to print high-performing silver flexible circuits on polyester substrates with traces as narrow as 0.13mm and spacing as small as 0.13mm.

Read more: Molex Develops Narrow-Trace Silver Flex Circuits

CAMBRIDGE, MA – University engineers are adding to heat-shrinking materials. A team led by Nicholas X. Fang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, has manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or trusses. The sugar-cube-size structures quickly shrink when heated to about 540°F.

Read more: University Engineers Develop Heat-Shrinking Materials