ATLANTA, GA – ECIA’s January Industry Pulse survey delivered its strongest sales sentiment reading in more than four and a half years, signaling renewed confidence across the electronics component supply chain.
TOKYO, JAPAN – Meiko Electronics has raised its fiscal 2025 consolidated earnings forecast, citing sustained demand for high-density interconnect (HDI) printed circuit boards and favorable currency conditions.
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape reported consolidated 2025 revenue of $219.4 million, up 11.5% year over year, marking a return to growth after a 2.2% decline in 2024. Organic growth reached 1.8% for the year, or 5.1% excluding currency effects, as US dollar depreciation weighed on reported results.
MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 5.8% year over year in 2025 to 12,973 million square inches (MSI), marking a return to volume growth driven largely by AI-related demand.
LONDON, UK – The global wearable technology market is expected to nearly double in value by the end of the decade, fueled by growing demand for health monitoring, artificial intelligence integration and expanding device form factors.
WASHINGTON, DC – Global semiconductor sales reached a record $791.7 billion in 2025, rising 25.6% year over year, according to new data from the Semiconductor Industry Association. The results mark the strongest annual performance in the industry’s history and reflect accelerating demand across computing, automotive and advanced electronics markets.