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TAIPEI – Chairman Terry Guo says Foxconn will begin to see growth in profits in 2013, according to published reports.

While the electronics manufacturer will continue to concentrate on revenue growth this year, it does not expect losses, and predicts steady profit growth, according to Guo.

The company’s chairman did not provide a percentage of growth that is expected, say reports.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC president John Mitchell took the industry's case against Dodd-Frank to the US House of Representatives, outlining in a letter how existing and proposed regulations could hurt the electronics manufacturing industry.

Read more: IPC Takes Issue with 'Burdensome' Government Regs

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS -- V-PS will reduce its printed circuit board production from July 16 to Aug. 3 as workers take leave for the summer holidays.

The company will remain open during that time but on a skeleton capacity.

In a statement, the company said, "We advise you to advance your orders where possible and to check the required delivery dates beforehand with our sales team."

INDIANAPOLIS – A quartet of researchers has published a new book describing the lifecycles of electronics parts and software, and explaining processes of obsolescence forecasting, and reactive, proactive, and strategic management of obsolescence.

Read more: CALCE Researchers Publish Product Obsolescence Management Text

FREDERICKSBURG, VA -- A local printed circuit board fabricator has launched a initiative to buy American-made products whenever possible.

Read more: Colonial Circuits Founder Wants US Cos. to 'Buy American'

PETACH-TIKVA, ISRAEL -- Eltek today named Endicott Interconnect Technologies as a sales partner in the US.

Read more: Eltek, EI Extend Sales Pact to US

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