PALO ALTO, CA – North America, once home to a reported 1,000 printed circuit board shops, now has 329.

Read more: And Then There Were 329: N.A. PWB Shop Numbers Dwindle

WESTPORT, CT – PCB fabricator Advanced Circuits has acquired Circuit Express Inc. for $15.6 million. 

Read more: Advanced Circuits Acquires Circuit Express

HELSINKI – The European Chemicals Agency this week published proposals to identify eight chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and possible candidates for authorization.

Read more: ECHA Targets 8 More Substances for Restriction

WESTPORT, CT – PWB fabricator Advance Circuits’ parent company took a fourth-quarter net loss of $100,000.

Read more: Advance Circuits' Parent Co. Takes Loss