ANAHEIM, CA -- Printed circuit board fabricator DDi today named Wayne Slomsky interim chief financial officer, replacing Mike Dodson, who is resigning to take a similar position at Mattson Technology.

Read more: DDi Names New CFO

SAN JOSE – Zero Defects International has acquired a new facility here to meet growing demand for PCB test equipment.

Read more: Zero Defects Acquires Facility in San Jose

LAS VEGAS – In his first public address, the new chief manufacturing officer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology stressed new tax and business policies are at the heart of the reinvention of US manufacturing.

Read more: New NIST Head Stresses Friendlier Tax, Business Policies

SAKAI, JAPAN -- Flex circuit manufacturer Sakai Denshi Kogyo has closed, according to published reports.

The printed circuit board fabricator shut down at the end of August, Dominique Numakura of DKN Research said in his weekly newsletter. It is not yet clear whether the company also closed its subsidiary in Thailand, which opened in June 2003.