BRUSSELS -- A pair of industry trade associations are teaming with an environmental consulting group to produce a series of workshops in Europe on conflict minerals next month.

Read more: Conflict Minerals Reporting Workshops Planned for Europe

COSTA MESA, CA -- TTM Technologies has received approvals from several offshore authorities to proceed with its acquisition of Viasystems Group, the company announced today.

Read more: TTM Clears Offshore Regulatory Hurdles, US Approvals Pending

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM -- Tien Phong Bank will provide $10 million to Vietnam's largest supplier of PCBs to Samsung, the company said today.

Read more: Flexcom Vina Gets Capital for Samsung PCB Expansion

TOKYO -- Oki Printed Circuits has developed a mass-production technology for printed circuit boards with a maximum board thickness of 3.5mm (30 layers) to support next-generation 1,000-pin fine-pitch LSIs.

Read more: New Process Lets OKI Mass-Produce 0.35mm LSI Boards