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NEWS

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...

Icape Group Acquires Minority Stake in Green PCB Developer

26 November 2024

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group will acquire a minority shareholding in Jiva Materials, a UK-based developer of what it calls the world's first fully b... Read More...

North American EMS Industry Up 14.7% in October

22 November 2024

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American EMS shipments in October were up 14.7% compared to the same month last year, IPC reported in findings from its North American E... Read More...

North American PCB Sales Decrease 11% in October

22 November 2024

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB shipments in October were down 11.1% compared to the same month last year, according to IPC's North American PCB Statistica... Read More...

PCEA Issues Call for Abstracts for PCB West 2025

21 November 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today issued a call for abstracts for the PCB West (https://pcbwest.c... Read More...

Upcoming PCEA PCB Design Training Classes for 2025

20 November 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – PCEA Training (https://pceatraining.net) today announced the upcoming winter and spring 2025 schedule for the Certified Professional Circui... Read More...

Nano Dimension Reports Record Q3 Results

20 November 2024

WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension announced third quarter revenue of $14.9 million, an increase of 22.1% from last year's third quarter. Read More...

Eltek Announces 14% Increase in Q3 Revenue

20 November 2024

PETACH TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek reported revenue of $13.5 million for the third quarter, up 14% over the third quarter of 2023. Read More...

Flexible Circuit Technologies Expands EMS Services

12 November 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Flexible Circuit Technologies has expanded its electronics manufacturing and contract manufacturing services with the opening of FCT-Huizhou. ... Read More...

ZDT Reports 21% Increase in Q3 Revenue

11 November 2024

TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN – Zhen Ding Technology announced revenue of NT50.6 billion ($1.6 billion) for the third quarter, up 21% from the third quarter of 2023. Read More...

ECIA: Sales Sentiment for Electronic Components Continues to Struggle

08 November 2024

ATLANTA – Sales sentiment for electronics components seems to be mired in the doldrums with October sentiment as measured by the Electronics Components Sales Tr... Read More...

Semiconductor Sales Jump 23% in September

06 November 2024

WASHINGTON — Global semiconductor sales rose 23.3% year-over-year to $166 billion in the third quarter, the Semiconductor Industry Association said today. Read More...

PE Group Carlyle acquires Kyoden

06 November 2024

TOKYO – Global investment firm Carlyle today announced it has acquired Kyoden, a leading Japanese manufacturer of printed circuit boards. Read More...

NCAB Group Reports Lower Q3 Sales

05 November 2024

STOCKHOLM -- NCAB Group reported third quarter sales of SEK898 million ($83.8 million), down 10.6% from a year ago. Read More...

FEATURES

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...

Royalty Flush

A noted solutions architect offers an audacious plan for AI acceptance. It just might work. The talk of AI-based printed circuit design – and the idea that art... Read More...

ENEPIG Corrosion Mechanisms

Different types of nickel corrosion and potential mitigation strategies. Electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) chemistries were introduced in the mid-1990s ... Read More...

The Future is Thin, Flat and Flexible

What’s ahead for antennas, heaters and inks. In the 39 years I’ve been in the printed electronics industry, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing, influencing a... 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...