Electronics Assembly

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DRACHTEN, Netherlands—Philips Electronics has installed a flexible, robotic assembly line to produce electric shavers.

WALTHAM, MA—Excelitas Technologies has implemented a state-of-the-art high-speed automated assembly system to produce laser irradiance detectors.

ATLANTA—Germany-based Ritz Instrument Transformers plans to expand the company’s product line with a $1 million dollar investment at its Hart County, Georgia, assembly plant. The expansion will create some 50 new 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.

TROY, MI—Viper Networks Inc. and three joint-venture partners will build an LED assembly plant in Washington, DC.

HUDSON, MA—A former Intel engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of data from the chip giant before leaving the company for a competitor.

ROBINSON, TX—PRUF LED, a manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting, is moving assembly jobs from China to a new facility here.

DETROIT—The global market for rechargeable batteries is projected to reach $21.4 billion by 2017, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts.

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.

CLEVELAND, TN—Procter & Gamble Duracell will invest $36 million over the next three years in its two assembly plants here, create 60 to 80 additional jobs.