Product perfection is now an expectation for consumers, which places far more pressure on manufacturers to always deliver. Surprisingly, a great deal of quality control and inspection still relies on the human eye and subjective decisions.

BANNOCKBURN, IL—The trade association IPC has launched its newest workforce development training course, "Electronics Assembly for Engineers.” Students earn an IPC Certificate of Completion after finishing the 24 hours of course content.

WAYNESBORO, VA—Virtex, an electronics manufacturing service provider to military, aerospace, and medical customers, is adding a new product line to its manufacturing facility here.

KIRA, Uganda—Chinese electronics company ENGO Holdings has launched a computer and mobile phone assembly and manufacturing plant in Uganda.

PALO ALTO, CA—Robots will play an increasing role in electronics assembly in the coming years, says Douglas Alexander of Component Engineering Consultants.

CUPERTINO, CA—Apple Inc. plans to spend more than $100 million next year to reshore production of its Mac computers,

BANNOCKBURN, IL—Following economic setbacks in 2009, the world market for electronics manufacturing services continued to recover in 2011 and 2012 and is projected to grow this year 9.4 percent globally and 8.9 percent in North America.

RENTON, WA—Microscan is broadcasting two free webinars Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 that will discuss the latest developments in machine vision and auto ID for electronics assembly.

TIJUANA, Mexico—Electronics manufacturing services provider Sigmatron has opened a new assembly plant here.