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NEWS

PCB West 2024 Registration Best in 5 Years

16 October 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the technical program of PCB West (https://pcbwest.com/) held last week grew 9.6% year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engi... Read More...

95 PCB Projects Underway in Thailand

16 October 2024

BANGKOK – More than 95 projects are underway to build or expand PCB fabrication operations in Thailand, with most of those projects coming from Chinese or Taiwa... Read More...

Worldwide Smartphone Market Grows 4% in Q3

15 October 2024

NEEDHAM, MA – Global smartphone shipments increased 4% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile... Read More...

Amber, Korea Circuit Form JV for PCB Production

15 October 2024

GURUGRAM, INDIA – Amber Enterprises has signed a joint venture with Korea Circuit to manufacture advanced printed circuit boards in India. Read More...

Cicor Reports 26% Increase in Q3 Sales

15 October 2024

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND – Cicor announced sales of CHF120.4 million ($139.6 million) in the third quarter, up 26.3% from the 2023's third quarter. Read More...

Ventec Consolidates German Facilities

10 October 2024

SUZHOU, CHINA – Ventec has announced plans to consolidate two German facilities into a single production and logistics center. Read More...

FTG Circuits Reports 13% Increase in Q3 Sales

10 October 2024

TORONTO – Firan Technology Group's Circuits segment saw sales increase by $3.6 million, or 13.3%, over last year's third quarter. Read More...

PCEA Names Stephan Schmidt Recipient of 2024 Membership Award

08 October 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today announced Stephan Schmidt as recipient of the third annual PCEA... Read More...

PCEA Names Susy Webb Recipient of 2024 Leadership Award

08 October 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today announced Susy Webb as recipient of the third annual PCEA (http... Read More...

Electronic Component Sales Sentiment Dips in September

07 October 2024

ATLANTA – The electronic component sales sentiment fell to 98.8 in September, marking a decrease of nearly 10 points from August and ending a two-month trend of... Read More...

Würth to Close PCB Plant After Drop in Orders

07 October 2024

NIEDERNHALL, GERMANY – Würth Elektronik will close its PCB production plant in Schopfheim, Germany, citing a "dramatic decrease" in orders due to the ... Read More...

PCB Design Software Sales Spike in Q2

07 October 2024

MILPITAS, CA — Sales of software for printed circuit board and multichip module design rose 8.2% to $399.2 million in the second quarter ended in July, the ESD ... Read More...

PCB Design Software Sales Increase 8% in Q2

30 September 2024

MILPITAS, CA – PCB and multi-chip module design software revenue grew 8.2% in the second quarter, totaling $399.2 million, according to the Electronic System De... Read More...

Semiconductor Sales Increase 21% in August

04 October 2024

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales hit $53.1 billion in August, the highest-ever total for the month and a year-over-year increase of 20.6%, the Semiconduc... Read More...

TTM Receives $30M from DoD to Fund Expansion

01 October 2024

SYRACUSE, NY – TTM Technologies has received a $30 million grant from the US Department of Defense to help fund an expansion of its PCB manufacturing capabiliti... Read More...

FEATURES

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...

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

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.

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

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...