TAIWAN - Notebook PCB supplier HannStar Board has reportedly suspended its investment plans in Vietnam. Citing inadequacies in the local government infrastructure as the reason for the decision, HannStar Board will now look to China for its expansion, with preference for locations near Shanghai and Nanjing, according to company sources.

The company reportedly will also increase manufacturing space in its current China plant by over 1 million square feet for PCB manufacturing, and 50,000 square feet for HDI board manufacturing later this year. The company also reports that it will also increase production capacity in its Taiwan plants by 100,000 square feet.

SINGAPORE - Flextronics Inc. is planning to increase its manufacturing capacity in Hungary and will increase jobs by approximately 10%.  According to industry sources, the company will be  hiring highly-skilled workers for positions in mechatronic engineering and IT.

Flextronics has five manufacturing plants employing 10,000 workers in Hungary, and the company wants to increase product lines and develop its service base in Zalaegerszeg, one of the largest service centers in Central and Eastern Europe, according to reports.

"Flextronics will launch a new, large-volume production program in Hungary this year," said an HR spokesman for Flextronics. Production is set to begin this May in Zalaegerszeg and Sarvar.

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WEST HAVEN, CT - Enthone Inc. celebrated the opening of its advanced plating applications laboratory located at the company’s West Haven facility. Guests included customers, state and local government officials, media and company employees. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was followed by tours of the new facility.

Congratulatory remarks were provided by Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro, and West Haven Mayor John M. Picard. Cookson CEO Steven Corbett, Enthone President Huub van Dun, and Enthone Americas VP Terrence Copeland presided over the ceremony, acknowledging and thanking company employees and customers for their efforts and patronage.

The company said that the West Haven Applications Laboratory will be "a major resource that will drive technical innovation, best practices, and learning for many years to come."

Mr. Copeland said, "As tangibly demonstrated by the opening of the advanced applications laboratory, Enthone remains strongly committed to the Americas market by substantially enhancing our ability to provide process solutions that meet our customers' current and future manufacturing challenges."