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TLT Expands in Vilnius With Four New Factories

18 September 2025

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA – TLT has opened four new factories at its High-Tech Hill technology park, marking a milestone for European electronics manufacturing. The ex... Read More...

August Sentiment Slips but Q3 Outlook Signals Strong Finish for the Year

16 September 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – The latest ECIA Industry Pulse survey shows a decline in August sales sentiment, with the overall index falling from 121.6 in July to 113.2 – w... Read More...

Smartphone Production Climbs 4%

16 September 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Global smartphone production reached 300 million units in the second quarter, marking a 4% quarter-over-quarter and 4.8% year-over-year increas... Read More...

Panasonic Industry to Double MEGTRON Circuit Board Material Production for AI Servers

12 September 2025

TOKYO, JAPAN – Panasonic Industry, part of the Panasonic Group, has announced an expansion of its MEGTRON multi-layer circuit board material production. The com... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Climb 20.6% in July

08 September 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported that global semiconductor sales reached $62.1 billion in July, a 20.6% increase year-over... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Rise 24% YoY in Q2

05 September 2025

WASHINGTON – SEMI announced that global semiconductor equipment billings reached $33.07 billion in the second quarter, representing a 24% year-over-year increas... Read More...

Andhra Pradesh Approves Incentives for India’s Largest PCB Plant by Syrma SGS

04 September 2025

INDIA – The Andhra Pradesh government has cleared an ₹856-crore incentive package to support the development of India’s largest printed circuit board (PCB) faci... Read More...

PCB West Keynoter Wants to ‘Make it Rain’

04 September 2025

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today announced Jackson Schultz, head of engineer... Read More...

PCB West 2025 Exhibition Floor Sells Out in Silicon Valley

02 September 2025

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 – The exhibition floor space is sold out for PCB West (https://pcbwest.com/), the largest exhibition and conference for p... Read More...

North American EMS Shipments Slip 4.1% in July

28 August 2025

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American EMS shipments in July fell 4.1% on a 90-day moving average versus a year ago. Shipments declined 5.1% sequentially, according t... Read More...

North American PCB Shipments Surge 20.7% in July

28 August 2025

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB shipments in July rose 20.7% on a 90-day moving average versus a year ago. Shipments increased 11.3% sequentially, accordin... Read More...

Smartphone Shipments to Rise 1%

28 August 2025

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments are set to grow 1.0% year over year to 1.24 billion units, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Trac... Read More...

Avary Holding Greenlights Huai’an Park Expansion for PCB Capacity and AI

22 August 2025

HUAI'AN PARK – Zhen Ding Technology said Avary Holding’s board approved a Huai’an Park expansion, committing roughly $1.1 billion (RMB 8 billion) through 2028 t... Read More...

TTM Technologies Appoints Dr. Edwin Roks as CEO and Board Member

14 August 2025

SANTA ANA, CA – TTM Technologies announced the appointment of Dr. Edwin Roks as its next chief executive officer and class II director, effective September 2, s... Read More...

FPGA Horizons Conference to Colocate with PCB East 2026

14 August 2025

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – AUGUST 14, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today announced FPGA Horizons will colocate its tec... Read More...

FEATURES

Component Dynamics: Where Market Intelligence Meets Distribution

Component Dynamics is showing how independent distributors can guide their customers in tricky times. It’s well-established that the Covid component crisis for... Read More...

The Growing Importance of DfX in AI Hardware

SMTAI Women’s Leadership Program highlights how technology shifts lead to greater opportunities for those with specialized skills. The need to develop new tech... Read More...

Tracking Giants: Inside the World’s Top PCB Fabricators

From Shenzhen to Southeast Asia: The changing map of PCB production. Accurately investigating the revenues of the world’s largest PCB fabricators is confoundin... Read More...

Elements of PCB Panelization

Panelize to optimize: faster builds, better boards. In the printed circuit board manufacturing stage, panelization – physically linking many smaller, identical... Read More...

Choosing the Right Surface Finish for a PCB

Balancing environmental exposure, component type, shelf life, production volume and regulatory compliance – and cost. While printed circuit board designers oft... Read More...

Reducing Risk through Measurement System Analysis: A Practical Study of Bias and Linearity on ENIG Thicknesses on PCBs

An incomplete picture can “mask” significant issues. Measurement system analysis (MSA) evaluates the overall capability of a measurement system. Measurement ca... Read More...

5 Things to Consider When Designing Electronic Circuits Using AME

A lack of standards means designers need to rely on vendor datasheets and enable out-of-the-box thinking. The additive manufacturing electronics (AME) industry... Read More...

Creating a ‘Step Down’ PCB with PCIe Fingers on Both Sides

Meeting dimensional and signal integrity requirements while fitting standard slots. Fabricators often create multilayer PCBs of various thicknesses, which may ... Read More...

The Hidden Potential of Excess and Obsolete Component Inventory

Recouping value from excess stock. If manufacturers understood the true value and opportunity of their excess and obsolete (E O) electronic component stock, th... Read More...

Developing Organizational Culture for Troubleshooting

Are you consistently solving problems and adding value? For an organization to improve, its culture must embrace change. Determining and measuring organization... Read More...

AI in Electronics Manufacturing: What’s Working Now, What’s Not (But Should Be)

Artificial intelligence is superb at corralling volumes of data but still lacks the flexibility needed for many engineering tasks. AI is transforming electroni... Read More...

Fundamentals of PCB Stack-up and Signal Integrity

A summary of how to order layers to achieve target impedance values. Printed circuit boards are becoming highly dense, hosting all kinds of high-speed interfac... Read More...

Can Thailand Pad its PCB Gains?

2023 saw only a handful of fabricators gain ground, but SE Asia is primed to boom. Small it was, but the Thailand Electronics Circuit Asia exhibition held in B... Read More...

Fundamentals of Signal Integrity at Various Frequencies

Tips and tricks for applications of all speeds, from 1MHz to gigabit level. How do you know a high-speed design application from an ordinary one? What qualifie... Read More...

PCB Design. No Humans Required.

An electronics startup is developing AI-driven design software that lessens manual intervention. The role of artificial intelligence in PCB design is a growing... Read More...