DUBLIN -- 2012 was a bumper year for flexible circuit manufacturers, which benefited from strong demand for tablet PCs and smartphones. Global revenues rose 15.2% year-over-year to $10.68 billion, says Research and Markets.

Read more: Flex Market Boomed in 2012, and More to Come

VICHY, MO – Brewer Science plans to build a manufacturing facility here to produce materials for manufacturing smartphones, tablet computers, and other microelectronic devices.

Read more: Brewer Science to Open Facility near HQ

The 42nd InterNepcon Japan, Asia’s largest exhibition and conference for electronics, was held at the Tokyo Big Sight Jan, 16 to 19. The show attracted more than a thousand companies and organizations, and truly makes the show the largest gathering for the electronics packaging industry in the world.

Read more: Smartphones and Slumps: InterNepcon Japan

SAN JOSE -- Flextronics will reduce its printed circuit board manufacturing footprint and take up to $225 million in one-time charges as it attempts to reverse losses at its Multek operations.

Read more: Multek Struggles Prompt Plant Closings, Possible Management Changes