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NEWS

Icape Group Acquires UK PCB Distributor

18 December 2024

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group has announced the acquisition of 100% of the capital of ALR Services, a British PCB distributor. Read More...

AT&S Lowers 2026/27 Financial Outlook

17 December 2024

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – AT S has revised its financial outlook for the fiscal year 2026/27, lowering revenue forecasts due to ongoing market challenges. Read More...

ECIA Survey Finds Optimism for Electronic Components in Q1

17 December 2024

ATLANTA – After expressing strong confidence for November sales sentiment in all component categories, survey participants projected equally strong pessimism fo... Read More...

Ventec Chooses Thailand for PCB Material Manufacturing Facility

17 December 2024

SUZHOU, CHINA – Ventec has selected Thailand as the location for a $17 million PCB material manufacturing facility. Read More...

IDC: Global Semiconductor Market to Grow by 15% in 2025

16 December 2024

SINGAPORE – The global demand for AI and high-performance computing will continue to rise, driving the semiconductor market to grow by over 15% in 2025, accordi... Read More...

OKI Improves Heat Dissipation with Stepped Copper Coin Insertion

12 December 2024

TOKYO – OKI Circuit Technology has developed multilayer PCB technology with stepped copper coin insertion, which reportedly achieves 55 times better heat dissip... Read More...

Altix Joins MGI Digital Technology Group

12 December 2024

VAL-DE-REUIL, FRANCE – Altix, a French specialist in photolithography and direct imaging equipment, has announced its successful merger with MGI Digital Technol... Read More...

Taiwanese PCB Industry Grows 10% in Q3

12 December 2024

TAOYUAN, TAIWAN – The Taiwanese PCB industry grew 9.6% year-over-year in the third quarter, reaching NT227.1 billion ($7 billion), according to the Taiwan Print... Read More...

Cofactr Raises $17M in Series A Funding

12 December 2024

NEW YORK – Cofactr, a provider of a supply chain and logistics management platform for hardware manufacturers, has raised $17.2 million in a series A investment... Read More...

Laser Photonics Advances PCB Marking Technology R&D

10 December 2024

ORLANDO, FL – Laser Photonics and its recently-acquired subsidiary, Control Micro Systems, have announced the expansion of their PCB marking technology developm... Read More...

Semiconductor Equipment Sales to Reach a Record of $139B in 2026, SEMI Reports

10 December 2024

TOKYO – Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to set a new industry record, reaching $113... Read More...

Nippon Denkai to Close Last Remaining US Copper Foil Plant

09 December 2024

AUGUSTA, GA -- Nippon Denkai has decided to close and liquidate its copper foil manufacturing plant here, the last such factory in the United States. Read More...

PC and Tablet Shipments Expected to Grow in 2024, Says IDC

05 December 2024

NEEDHAM, MA – The global market for personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, is set to grow 3.8% in 2024, reaching 403.5 million units, according ... Read More...

Hardcopy Peripherals Shipments Increase 4% in Q3

27 November 2024

NEEDHAM, MA – The global hardcopy peripheral market rebounded in the third quarter of 2024, achieving a 3.8% year-over-year growth to approximately 20.3 million... Read More...

Worldwide Smartphone Market Forecast to Grow 6% in 2024

27 November 2024

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 6.2% year-over-year in 2024 to 1.24 billion units, according International Data Corporation's ... Read More...

FEATURES

American Standard Circuits’ Push for UHDI is On

After new technology investments, the flagship operation of the Chicago-based fab is primed for growth. As the US electronics manufacturing industry braces for... Read More...

How to Run a Design of Experiments

A review of the six fundamental steps behind scientific process development. Design of experiments (DoE) is an efficient method for planning experimental tests... Read More...

Collaborating Across the Industry

The High Density Packaging User Group drives innovation through active partnerships. For more than 30 years, the High Density Packaging User Group (https://www... Read More...

Rocking and Rolling at ZIW

The annual user event was tuned into AI, but that’s not the only melody being played. Zuken welcomed customers and partners to Cleveland in September for the e... Read More...

Driving PCB Manufacturing Innovation and Efficiency

Can a production fabricator thrive in Middle America? Through its novel automation, Summit’s Chicago plant is proof-positive. In 1979, Eagle Electronics laid i... Read More...

Balancing Stackups and Circuitry

A symmetrical build is one of the keys to minimize board warpage. A stackup’s construction should be balanced to keep board warpage within IPC specifications. ... Read More...

Managing Signal Integrity in High-Speed PCBs

Nine considerations to prevent signal degradation due to crosstalk and EMI. With demand growing for AI chips the need for high-speed PCBs is on the rise. As op... 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...

Young Guns: The 2024 Designers Salary Survey

The annual snapshot of the industry finds the PCB design workforce is – at last – skewing younger. Is the PCB design workforce finally getting younger? After y... 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...

AI: The Shiny New Tool in the Engineer's Toolbox

Searching for components and automating schematic capture are just two of the ways AI will be implemented in PCB design. During the past 10 years, artificial i... Read More...

‘Everybody is Growing’

The East Coast trade show brings news of a steady industry, while puncturing myths about AI. Members of the electronics community gathered in the Boston suburb... Read More...

Measuring Quality Over Time

Using the Weibull distribution to model gold wire bonding on ENEPIG. The most used distribution in reliability analysis may be the Weibull distribution. Its ge... Read More...

How the PCB Stackup Helps Control EMI

Power and signal placed on outer layers minimize radiated emissions. The PCB stackup is like a building's foundation; a product not built on a strong base will... Read More...