REUTLINGEN, GERMANY -- Manz has acquired Kleo Halbleitertechnik in a deal that includes technology patents and copyrights covering laser direct imaging of printed circuit boards.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average orders at North American printed circuit board fabricators were down in April on a year-over-year basis.

CLEVELAND -- Under fire by an activist shareholder, OM Group has agreed to be acquired by a major private equity firm, which in turn will flip the PCB and photomask businesses to a third party.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Nearly half the world's PCB manufacturers for computer and telecommunications applications expect their highest clock speeds to exceed 25GHz by 2019, a new study contends.