LONDON – element14 will provide printed circuit boards through an unusual partnership with PCB manufacturer Pentalogix.

Pentalogix, a quickturn board fabricator, will offer its PCBs through element14’s component distribution channel. The relationship is unusual in that most catalog distributors offer only components to be assembled to a circuit board, not the PCB itself.

element14 is part of the Premier Farnell distribution organization, which includes Newark.

WESTPORT, CT -- Compass Diversified Holdings narrowed its net loss for the quarter ended March 31 to $6.6 million from $15.3 million a year ago.

FULLERTON, CA -- PCB fabricator Cosmotronic will relocate its flex circuit production into excess manufacturing space here in a facility owned by its parent company, JR Controls.

SANTA ANA, CA – Printed circuit board maker TTM Technologies reported first-quarter earnings more than doubled year-over-year on a sales increase of 16%.

TTM posted a profit of $27.1 million. Revenue more than doubled to $342.8 million, within earlier guidance.

The firm expects second-quarter revenue between $350 million and $370 million.