MANATEE, FL—Veethree Electronics & Marine LLC, a supplier of mechanical and electronic instrumentation, has bought a new, larger assembly plant here and plans to add 20 jobs to its current 65 by 2015.
NEENAH, WI—Electronics manufacturing services provider Plexus Corp. will build a $50 million assembly plant here that will retain 1,000 jobs and add as many as 350 jobs.
HOWARD COUNTY, MD—ELTA North America, a manufacturer of electronics for defense applications, will open a new assembly plant here, creating 100 high-skilled jobs.
BEIJING—American Public Media’s Marketplace has been allowed to shoot a short news clip showing the process of iPads being assembled at Foxconn’s Longhua facility in Shenzhen, China.
BEIJING—Apple Inc. has agreed to work with partner Foxconn to tackle wage and working condition violations at the Chinese assembly plants that make its popular products.