VILNIUS, LITHUANIA – TLT has opened four new factories at its High-Tech Hill technology park, marking a milestone for European electronics manufacturing. The expansion includes a new state-of-the-art PCB plant – the first built in Europe in two decades – along with expanded facilities for electronics manufacturing, mechanical engineering and component assembly.

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TOKYO, JAPAN – Panasonic Industry, part of the Panasonic Group, has announced an expansion of its MEGTRON multi-layer circuit board material production. The company plans to double output over the next five years to address surging demand from AI servers and ICT infrastructure.

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WASHINGTON – SEMI announced that global semiconductor equipment billings reached $33.07 billion in the second quarter, representing a 24% year-over-year increase and a 3% quarter-over-quarter gain. The strong results were driven by demand for advanced logic and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) DRAM applications, alongside increased shipments to Asia.

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INDIA – The Andhra Pradesh government has cleared an ₹856-crore incentive package to support the development of India’s largest printed circuit board (PCB) facility, to be established by Syrma SGS in partnership with Korea’s Shinhyup Electronics.

Read more: Andhra Pradesh Approves Incentives for India’s Largest PCB Plant by Syrma SGS