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ITA Calls for Further Investment in Tin Supply

02 December 2022

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK — The International Tin Association presented its vision for the future of tin during its annual Investing in Tin Seminar, and said there is a... Read More...

PCEA Issues Call for Abstracts for PCB West 2023

02 December 2022

PEACHTREE CITY, GA — The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) seeks abstracts for its annual PCB West (https://pcbwest.com/) technical conference comi... Read More...

Nano Dimension Announces $10 Million in Q3 Revenue

01 December 2022

WALTHAM, MA — Nano Dimension announced third quarter revenues of $10 million, an increase of 646% over the same quarter in 2021 and 10% less than the second qua... Read More...

New Report Identifies Challenges to Continued US Leadership in Semiconductor Design, Innovation

01 December 2022

WASHINGTON — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a report finding continued US leadership in semico... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Up 9% in Q3, SEMI Reports

30 November 2022

MILPITAS, CA – Global semiconductor equipment billings rose 7% year-over-year to $28.75 billion in the third quarter, SEMI announced today. Read More...

ECIA Publishes Publishes China Tariff Avoidance and Recovery Process Document

30 November 2022

ATLANTA — The ECIA’s Global Industry Practices Committee (GIPC) has published a document to update members on best practices as companies in the electronic comp... Read More...

TechSearch Releases Advanced Packaging Update

30 November 2022

AUSTIN, TX — TechSearch International's latest Advanced Packaging Update describes some of the thermal challenges facing the industry from mobile to high-perfor... Read More...

Taiwanese PCB Revenue Down 2% in October

29 November 2022

TAIPEI — Publicly traded PCB fabricators reported revenue fell 2.26% sequentially in October but rose 14.4% year-over-year, TPCA said. Both rigid and flexible ... Read More...

PCB West 2023 Show Floor Selling Out

29 November 2022

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The exhibition floor space for PCB West (https://pcbwest.com/) 2023 is more than 50% sold, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCE... Read More...

NCAB Group Acquires Bare Board Consultants in Italy

24 November 2022

MILAN -- NCAB Group today signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Bare Board Consultants based in Codogno, south of Milan, Italy. Read More...

IPC: North American PCB Industry Sales Up 9% in October

22 November 2022

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American PCB shipments in October were up 9% compared to the same month last year and were down 13.3% compared to last month, acco... Read More...

IPC: North American EMS Industry Up 14.9% in October

22 November 2022

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American EMS shipments in October were up 14.9% compared to the same month last year and were down 2% compared to last month, acco... Read More...

Gartner: Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 20% in Q3

18 November 2022

STAMFORD, CT — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68 million units in the third quarter, a 19.5% decrease from 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. ... Read More...

FTG to Acquire RF PCB Maker IMI Inc.

18 November 2022

TORONTO -- Firan Technology Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Haverhill, MA-based IMI Inc., a manufacturer of specialty RF circuit boards focused o... Read More...

Rogers Appoints Gouveia New CEO, Superseding Retiring Hoechner

17 November 2022

CHANDLER, AZ -- Rogers Corp. today announced Bruce D. Hoechner, president and chief executive, will retire, effective Dec. 31. Rogers' board of directors plans ... Read More...

FEATURES

Updating an Existing Printed Circuit Board Design

A basic process for revising a client-supplied CAD (http://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/menu-research/cad-cam-pcb-software) database. Not all designs start from sc... Read More...

Practical Statistical Tools for Process Engineers

A review of five useful tools and the basis for using each. What is the prominent skill process engineers are on the payroll for? It’s their problem-solving sk... Read More...

Designing an LVD/IR Printed Circuit Board

Will a “universal” footprint work for various-sized passives? This details the design of an LED constant-current driver PCB. I am trying to make this design as... 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...

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...