NEWS

TTM Reports $616M in Q3 Revenue

TTM Reports $616M in Q3 Revenue

31 October 2024

SANTA ANA, CA – TTM Technologies announced $616.5 million in sales for the third quarter, up 7.7% from 2023's third quarter.  Read More...

Siemens Acquires Altair Engineering for $10B

Siemens Acquires Altair Engineering for $10B

30 October 2024

MUNICH – Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering for $113 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10 billion.  Read More...

Element Announces 14% Increase in Q3 Electronics Sales

Element Announces 14% Increase in Q3 Electronics Sales

29 October 2024

MIAMI – Element Solutions reported a 14% increase in third quarter Electronics sales, totaling $419 million.  Read More...

Electronics Industry Sentiment Remains Subdued in October

Electronics Industry Sentiment Remains Subdued in October

29 October 2024

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Industry sentiment in the electronics sector improved marginally in October after a sharp decline in September, according to IPC’s October Sen...  Read More...

Siemens, Celus Collaborate on AI-Powered Design

Siemens, Celus Collaborate on AI-Powered Design

29 October 2024

PLANO, TX – Siemens Digital Industries Software and Celus have announced a collaboration to accelerate the design process for small and medium-sized businesses ...  Read More...

DuPont, Zhen Ding Enter Cooperation Agreement

DuPont, Zhen Ding Enter Cooperation Agreement

29 October 2024

SHENZHEN – DuPont and Zhen Ding Technology have announced a strategic cooperation agreement in advanced PCB technology.  Read More...

Cadence Announces Increase in Q2 PCB, Overall Revenues

Cadence Announces Increase in Q2 PCB, Overall Revenues

29 October 2024

SAN JOSE, CA – Cadence Design Systems announced a 47% year-over-year increase in third quarter revenue for its System Design Analysis segment.  Read More...

AT&S Adjusts Annual Financial Outlook

AT&S Adjusts Annual Financial Outlook

29 October 2024

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – AT S is projecting less revenue than originally anticipated for its 2024/2025 financial year due to the volatile European market and productio...  Read More...

North American PCB Shipments Down 24% in September

North American PCB Shipments Down 24% in September

28 October 2024

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB shipments in September were down 24.1% year-over-year, according to IPC's North American PCB Statistical Program. The book-...  Read More...

North American EMS Shipments Up 10% in September

North American EMS Shipments Up 10% in September

28 October 2024

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in September were up 10.3% compared to the same month last year, IPC announced in findings from its North A...  Read More...

Aspocomp Reports 21% Decline in Third Quarter Sales

Aspocomp Reports 21% Decline in Third Quarter Sales

28 October 2024

ESPOO, FINLAND – Aspocomp reported net sales of €6.5 million ($7 million) for the third quarter, down 21% from 2023's third quarter.  Read More...

MKS Breaks Ground on Penang Facility

MKS Breaks Ground on Penang Facility

25 October 2024

ANDOVER, MA – MKS Instruments held a groundbreaking ceremony this week for its super center factory in Penang, Malaysia, that will support wafer fabrication equ...  Read More...

Rogers Reports 2% Decline in Q3 Sales

Rogers Reports 2% Decline in Q3 Sales

25 October 2024

CHANDLER, AZ – Rogers announced net sales of $210.3 million for the third quarter, a decrease of 1.8% from the same quarter last year.  Read More...

Amphenol Announces Record Q3 Sales

Amphenol Announces Record Q3 Sales

24 October 2024

WALLINGFORD, CT – Amphenol reported sales of $4.04 billion in the third quarter, up 26% from 2023's third quarter and a new record for the period.  Read More...

Report: Altair Exploring Sale Options

Report: Altair Exploring Sale Options

22 October 2024

TROY, MI – Altair Engineering is exploring a sale after receiving acquisition interest, Reuters reported, citing multiple anonymous sources familiar with the ma...  Read More...

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FEATURES

Driving PCB Manufacturing Innovation and Efficiency

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

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’

‘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

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

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...

Exploring the Impact of AI

Exploring the Impact of AI

A special panel discusses the growth of AI tools and its possible effects on the industry. “Will AI take my job?” That’s the question on the mind of many arou...  Read More...

Connecting the Industry, from Boards to Assemblies

Connecting the Industry, from Boards to Assemblies

HDP is embarking on new rounds of evaluations of laminates and lead-free solders. The High-Density Packaging User Group, the nonprofit consortium of electronic...  Read More...

Thermal Vias are Ineffective. Here’s Why.

Thermal Vias are Ineffective. Here’s Why.

Adding thermal vias can take up valuable board space with little benefit. We have developed several articles and publications in the past questioning the value...  Read More...

Creating the Ultra Library

Creating the Ultra Library

Building and maintaining what's said to be the world's largest CAD (http://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/menu-research/cad-cam-pcb-software) database requires strong...  Read More...

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PRODUCTS

Kyocera Releases Dual-Entry Card-Edge Connectors

Kyocera Releases Dual-Entry Card-Edge Connectors

Kyocera AVX's 9159-800 series dual-entry card-edge connectors are said to be the industry’s first dual-entry card-edge connectors and the lowest-profile card-ed...  Read More...

Würth Rolls Out Gold-Plated FPC Connector

Würth Rolls Out Gold-Plated FPC Connector

Würth Elektronik's WR-FPC ZIF (zero insertion force) connectors are now offered with gold-plated contacts.  Read More...

Stackpole Rolls Out HCS Series Shunts

Stackpole Rolls Out HCS Series Shunts

Stackpole's HCS series of shunts offers resistance values as low as 0.1mΩ, making it ideal for applications requiring extremely high currents while minimizing s...  Read More...

Hirose Releases TF70 FPC/FFC Connector

Hirose Releases TF70 FPC/FFC Connector

Hirose's TF70 two-piece FPC/FFC-to-board connector is designed for harsh environment applications including automotive.  Read More...

Vishay Extends 4-Terminal Capacitor Voltage Ratings

Vishay Extends 4-Terminal Capacitor Voltage Ratings

Vishay has expanded its 299 PHL-4TSI snap-in, four-terminal aluminum electrolytic capacitors with new 350V, 500V, 550V and 600V rated capacitors.  Read More...

AGC Launches Meteorwave ELL PCB Materials

AGC Launches Meteorwave ELL PCB Materials

AGC's Meteorwave ELL multilayer PCB materials are said to achieve one the of the industry's highest levels of low transmission loss and high thermal resistance....  Read More...

Number One Systems Rolls Out Easy-PC v.28 Design Tool

Number One Systems Rolls Out Easy-PC v.28 Design Tool

Number One Systems' Easy-PC v. 28 PCB design tool features more than 40 new enhancements.  Read More...

Pulsonix Releases 13.0 Design Tool

Pulsonix Releases 13.0 Design Tool

Pulsonix Version 13.0 PCB design tool features a significantly improved ECAD/MCAD process along with other new features.  Read More...

Hirose Releases FH75M FPC/FFC Connector

Hirose Releases FH75M FPC/FFC Connector

Hirose's FH75M series flexible printed circuit/flat flexible connector supports MIPI D-PHY (1.5GBPS) and eDP1.3 (5.4Gbps) specifications in a miniature footprin...  Read More...

Vishay Releases Commercial and Automotive Grade Power Inductors

Vishay Releases Commercial and Automotive Grade Power Inductors

Vishay Intertechnology's commercial IHLL-1008AB-1Z and automotive grade IHLP-1008ABEZ-5A inductors offered in the 2.5mm by 2.0mm by 1.2mm 1008 case size.  Read More...

InstaDeep Launches DeepPCB Pro Design Tool

InstaDeep Launches DeepPCB Pro Design Tool

InstaDeep's DeepPCB Pro PCB design tool uses AI to automate, optimize and accelerate the design process from start to finish.  Read More...

TTM Technologies Releases Xinger Ultra Wide Band Balun Transformers

TTM Technologies Releases Xinger Ultra Wide Band Balun Transformers

TTM Technologies' XMB0220K1-50100G and XMB0465Z1-50100G balun transformers are engineered for diverse end markets, including test and measurement, telecom, comm...  Read More...

Zuken Launches Harness Builder 2025

Zuken Launches Harness Builder 2025

Zuken's Harness Builder 2025 for E3.series software includes new features and enhancements designed to elevate the precision, flexibility, and efficiency of wir...  Read More...

Würth Rolls Out WE-PLC Transformers

Würth Rolls Out WE-PLC Transformers

Würth Elektronik's WE-PLC transformers are said to be ideal for galvanic isolation of the power line communication system from the power supply.  Read More...

Polar Instruments Rolls Out Speedstack v24.09

Polar Instruments Rolls Out Speedstack v24.09

Polar Instruments' v24.09 update for its Speedstack stackup design tool is a major update for drill documentation.  Read More...

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