CHENGDU, China—A 23-year-old Foxconn worker jumped to his death at the company’s assembly plant here on Wednesday—the latest in a series of suicides at the Apple supplier’s factory that has promted concern among workers’ rights groups worldwide.
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.
HOLLY HILL, FL—An electronics assembly plant here was evacuated on Wednesday due to a bomb threat. Police say a plant employee made the threat because she needed a break from work.
DETROIT—The global market for automobile sensors is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 7.7 percent, reaching $22.1 billion by 2017.
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.
TOKYO—Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating assembly of digital camera in an effort to cut costs. The move toward machine-only production could be completed as soon as 2015.