MILPITAS, CA – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.03 billion in billings worldwide in July, down 14.5% year-over-year and up 0.4% sequentially, according to SEMI.

TOKYO – Japanese PCB fabricators' sales fell 6.9% year-over-year in the first half of 2019 to 219.79 billion yen ($2.06 billion). Sales of flex circuits fell 28.7% from a year ago, said the Japan Electronics Packaging Circuits Association (JPCA).

CAMBRIDGE, UK – The market for 3-D printed medical devices and pharmaceuticals will be worth $6.1 billion by the year 2029, says IDTechEx, a compound annual growth rate of up to 18% in certain sub-segments.

FRANKFURT – PCB manufacturers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland posted a 12.8% drop in second quarter sales year-over-year and 10.6% sequentially, according to ZVEI. Overall, the first half of the year was 10% weaker.