HERNDON, VA – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative said it would host three regional workshops to review work in progress on the 2013 iNEMI Roadmap. 

Meetings are scheduled in North America, Asia and Europe in May and June.

The open workshops will review select chapters, covering primarily technology and infrastructure areas. These sessions are intended to allow industry input into draft chapters to ensure inclusion of key issues from each region.

The first workshop is in San Diego May 29 (May 24 registration deadline: http://www.inemi.org/node/2231). The second is in Berlin June 12 (May 25 registration deadline: http://www.inemi.org/node/2232). The third is in Hong Kong June 14 (May 24 registration deadline: http://www.inemi.org/node/2234).

Roadmap participation is open to non-members and is free to anyone who registers before the deadline.

SAN JOSE – Shocking Technologies has raised an additional $10.5 million in venture capital to develop its voltage switchable dielectric material.

The lead investor is Littelfuse, which also participated in a strategic investment round last year. To date, Shocking Technologies has raised more than $60 million in investment capital.

Shocking Technologies’ XStatic material is a polymer nano-composite that functions as an insulator (dielectric) during normal circuit operation and becomes conductive when voltage increases beyond a predefined threshold.

MELBOURNE, FL -- The US PTO has assigned a patent describing a method of fabricating non-planar circuit board to a group of Harris Corp. engineers.

SAN JOSE -- Sanmina-SCI plans to expand its printed circuit board operations in China, the company's CFO says.