TAIPEI -- Foxconn (Hon Hai) reported January revenue rose 47.5% year -over-year to NT$274.6 billion ($9.1 billion), on stronger PCB and telecom demand.

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DUREN, GERMANY – CCI Eurolam has expanded its sales team and made management changes in Germany amid recent acquisitions.

General manager Angelika Muscal’s role is now focused on financial management, planning and organization. Düren branch manager Christian Stahl now has responsibility for sales, distribution and marketing. In Berlin, Matthias Klaus will be responsible for customer support.

In the past year, the printed circuit board materials distributor implemented a new ERP system known as EOS, linking its sites in Germany with the rest of Europe, and took over the backup and entry board business division of CBM Circuit Board Materials, Sexau.

It subsequently relocated CBM to Düren from Sexau.

The firm has locations in France (Antony and Lyon), Germany (Dreieich and Düren), UK (Leyland) and Italy (Milan), and close to 100 employees.

YAVNE, ISRAEL -- Orbotech reported fourth-quarter net income fell 37.5% from last year to $2.5 million on a large inventory writedown.

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SHANGHAI -- China's domestic printed circuit board industry has released a pair of documents governing best practices for environmental protection.

Read more: China Issues New PCB Industry Environmental Guidelines