MESA, AZ—Apple Inc. will open a new manufacturing plant here to make glass for the iPhone and other products. The factory will eventually employ 700.

LAKE FOREST, IL—William C. Lowe, the engineer who supervised the speedy creation of IBM’s first personal computer, died Oct. 19 here. He was 72.

Computrol Inc. provides mid- to low-volume, high-mix electronic manufacturing services to OEMs around the world. From its manufacturing facilities in Meridian, ID, and Orem, UT, the company serves military, medical, aerospace, broadcast and general-industry customers.

Have you ever ordered a meal that sounded delicious on the menu, but tasted terrible once it arrived at your table? Have you ever purchased the latest recording from your favorite musician only to find it lacking? No matter what the product or service, what you expect isn’t always what’s delivered.

FOND DU LAC, WI—Wells Vehicle Electronics, a manufacturer of advanced vehicle electronics, has opened its newly expanded assembly plant here.

RICHLAND, MS—Siemens Energy Inc. has added 40 jobs after completing a new assembly line for making transformers.

CONKLIN, NY—Universal Instruments’ pick-and-place equipment can now be equipped with official tooling to place LEDs and other semiconductor products from Cree Inc.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA—Trident Case, which makes cases for mobile electronics, plans to move 50 percent to 75 percent of its manufacturing operations from China to southern California in 2014.

BEIJING—Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has admitted that student interns worked overtime and night shifts at a factory in northeast China in violation of company policy.

BEIJING—Young people in China don’t want to work in factories, they want to work in services or at Internet companies, says Terry Gou, CEO of contract manufacturer Foxconn.