LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – Over the next four years, the GaNonCMOS project consortium intends to develop cost‑effective and reliable GaN-based processes, components, modules and integration approaches. In particular, the project aims to exploit the energy-efficiency advantages of GaN (gallium nitride), targeting the production of several demonstrators with GaN power switches and CMOS drivers, as well as new magnetic core materials that will enable switching frequencies up to 200MHz.

IBARA-SHI OKY, JAPAN -- Tazmo Co. announced it will buy Facility, a maker of printed circuit board plating equipment, for about 811 million yen ($7.1 million).

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Some 4,169 attendees from 39 countries attended last month's IPC Apex Expo trade show in San Diego, making it the largest electronics manufacturing event in North America.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – MacDermid Performance Solutions posted fourth quarter 2016 net sales of $457 million, up 76.4% year-over-year. Organic sales for the segment grew 6.3% sequentially.