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NEWS

Scott McCurdy Receives 2022 PCEA Membership Award

28 September 2022

SANTA CLARA, CA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Scott McCurdy as recipient of the first PCEA Membership Award. Read More...

Somacis Changes Hands Among Private Equity Owners

30 September 2022

MILAN, ITALY -- Green Arrow Capital has sold Somacis Graphic Group to Chequers Capital, the company announced. Read More...

Molex Expands Vietnam Manufacturing Plant

30 September 2022

HANOI – Molex today announced it is expanding its existing manufacturing operations in Hanoi to include a new 16,000 square meter facility Read More...

Trackwise Designs Sees 7% Sales Drop, Might Need New Funding

30 September 2022

TEWKESBURY, UK – Trackwise Designs reported first half revenue of GBP3.8 million, down 7.3% from a year ago. Read More...

Automotive Share of IC Market Rising Sharply, IC Insights Says

29 September 2022

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- The automotive IC market share has steadily increased since 1998, growing from 4.7% of total IC sales that year to 7.4% in 2021. Read More...

Environmental Group Alleges Cirexx International is Violating Discharge Rules

29 September 2022

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California environmental group is suing Cirexx International, alleging the manufacturer and assembler of printed circuit boards is polluting ... Read More...

North American EMS Shipments Up 14.9% in August

28 September 2022

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) shipments in August were up 14.9% compared to a year ago and 9.5% sequentially. EM... Read More...

IPC: Likelihood of a Recession in 2023 in US, Europe Continues to Increase

28 September 2022

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The economic picture in the US continues to dim and the likelihood of a recession next year continues to increase, according to IPC’s latest e... Read More...

Global Fab Equipment Spending to Hit Record in 2022

27 September 2022

MILPITAS, CA — Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to increase approximately 9% year-over-year to a new all-time high of $99 bill... Read More...

ECIA Publishes Guidance for NC/NR Industry Practices

27 September 2022

ATLANTA — The Electronic Components Industry Association today announced new guidance for noncancellable, nonreturnable components. Read More...

PCB Design Engineering Tool Developer JITX Gains Series A Funding

23 September 2022

BERKELEY, CA -- JITX, a developer of a compiler that turns programming code into circuit board designs, has raised a $12 million in Series A funding. Read More...

North American Printed Circuit Board Sales Up 15% YoY in August

23 September 2022

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average shipments of printed circuit boards by North American fabricators in August rose 15.1% from a year ago. Read More...

Wearables Shed Shipment Gains in Q2

20 September 2022

NEEDHAM, MA – The wearables market faced another challenging period in the second quarter as global shipments declined 6.9% year over year to 107.4 million unit... Read More...

Altair Survey Reveals Digital Twin Technology May Make Physical Prototyping Obsolete

16 September 2022

TROY, MI – Two in three respondents (67%) expect digital twin solutions to make the need for physical prototypes obsolete within the next six years. That's acco... Read More...

Icape Acquires Portuguese PCB Firm Lusodabel

15 September 2022

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE -- Icape Group today announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Lusodabel, a supplier of printed circuit boards in Portugal a... Read More...

FEATURES

Microvia Reliability Testing Utilizing D-Coupons to Understand Best Design Practice

A study of the influence of design parameters that impact success. A microvia is defined in IPC-T-50M as “a blind structure (as plated) with a maximum aspect r... Read More...

7 Key Drivers of Change in Product Design Today

A study of nearly 300 companies reveals shifting approaches to hardware and software. How are companies addressing digital transformation, ever-increasing desi... Read More...

Why I4.0 and Reshoring Go Hand in Hand

The path to digitize a factory is both closer and cheaper than most engineers realize. Reshoring has been a buzzword for a few years now. But when supply chain... Read More...

The ECAD Industry is Firing on All Cylinders. No Wonder Wages are Rising.

Salaries spiked in the past year. Can it last? Inflation is hitting in all corners, but salaries are rising too. That’s according to the latest PCD F/CIRCUI... Read More...

NTI 100: The Unsinkable, Unstoppable PCB Market

Political and supply-chain issues could not slow printed circuit growth in 2021. The author attended his first IPC meeting in 1966. At that time, the consen... Read More...

A Royal Summit

Summit Interconnect’s chief executive explains the PCB fabricator’s latest buy. Summit Interconnect in May announced the acquisition of fellow printed circuit ... Read More...

Making Technology-Specific Design Charts

IPC-2152 is an important baseline for determining current carrying capacity, but further work must be done for individual applications. In response to recent c... Read More...

Critical Success Factors for Implementing and Sustaining Quality Management Systems

Does sustained ISO 9001 and Lean Six Sigma deliver success? Sustaining quality management systems and continuous improvement strategies is critical for retaini... Read More...

Minimizing the Effects of Vias on Very High-Speed Digital Signals

Unwanted capacitance hanging off signal traces can cause unwanted resonances and excessive attenuation. Data rates for very high-speed data links keep climbing... Read More...

Can PCB Fabrication Processes Keep Up with Design Demands?

New hole formation technologies and low-cost low-loss materials are needed. Ed.: This is the fourth of an occasional series by the authors of the 2019 iNEMI Ro... Read More...