BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 4.8% year-over-year in March, with year-to-date shipments down 0.8%, says IPC. Sequentially, PCB shipments jumped 18.9%.

NEW YORK -- The global consumer electronics market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 6.7% from 2014 to 2018, according to a new report. Innovative technical developments in the sector have led to a new "age of convergence," says Reportlinker, wherein entirely different streams of digital-based audio, video and information technology unite and merge, removing entry hurdles across various markets and the whole industry.