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NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...