LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – The exterior shell of AT&S' new R&D and IC substrate center here has been erected just 14 months after groundbreaking, and the company's new plant in Kulim, Malaysia has also reached a significant milestone with the completion of the facility's construction and installation of the first systems.
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group has acquired the operating assets of HLT, a German PCB distributor that generated revenue of €4.1 million ($4.4 million) in 2022.
FRANKFURT – Germany's Schmid Group plans to list in New York via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal estimated to give the technology firm a valuation of $640 million.
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension announced that it has commenced a special tender offer to purchase between 38.8% and 40.8% of the outstanding ordinary shares of Stratasys for $18 per share in cash.
ATLANTA – ECIA's Global Industry Practices Committee has launched a five-year review of its 2-D Barcode Specification, which published its last revision in 2018 to continue guiding the industry on the use and value of this technology for product identification labeling.
MILPITAS, CA – The current global semiconductor manufacturing industry contraction is expected to moderate in the second quarter and give way to a gradual recovery starting in the third quarter, SEMI announced in the latest publication of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor Report.