MILPITAS, CA – The global semiconductor manufacturing industry closed 2024 with strong fourth quarter results and solid year-over-year growth across most of the... Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Orders, capacity utilization, and backlogs all increased in the past month, pushing electronics industry demand higher according to IPC’s Febr... Read More...
TROY, MI – Altair announced full-year software revenue of $611.9 million, an increase of 11.3% over 2023. Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB shipments in January were up 19.9% compared to January 2024, IPC announced in findings from its North American PCB Statisti... Read More...
CHANDLER, AZ – Rogers Corp. announced $830.1 million in annual revenue, marking an 8.6% decrease from the previous year. Read More...
PITTSBURGH, PA – Ansys announced $2.5 billion in full-year revenue, a 12.1% year-over-year increase. Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in January were down 2.4% compared to the same month last year, according to IPC's findings from its North ... Read More...
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group has expanded its presence in the UK with the acquisition of Kingfisher PCBs. Read More...
MIAMI – Element Solutions reported Electronics sales of $1.56 billion in 2024, an increase of 10% from 2023's total. Read More...
SAN JOSE, CA – Cadence Design Systems reported a 40% year-over-year increase in annual revenue for its System Design Analysis segment. Read More...
STAMFORD, CT – Worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2024 totaled $626 billion, an increase of 18.1% from 2023, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Revenu... Read More...
HA NAM, VIETNAM – Red Board Electronics, a China-invested PCB manufacturer, will invest $110 million to build a facility here in Vietnam’s northern province. ... Read More...
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group announced €181.6 million ($189.4 million) in full-year revenue, down -2.2% compared to 2023's total. Read More...
ANDOVER, MA – MKS Instruments reported $935 million in fourth quarter revenue, up 4.7% from the fourth quarter of 2023. Read More...
WILMINGTON, DE – DuPont has increased its forecast for 2025 profits on the back of a strong demand for electronics, particularly the rapidly-growing market for ... Read More...
Are your PCB supplier’s security measures up to par? In today’s interconnected digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive information is not just a priority – i... Read More...
A look at variables that influence board price. How does one calculate the actual cost of fabricating a printed circuit board? Naturally, each PCB is differen... Read More...
DfM practices for preventing common fab and assembly defects. Printed circuit board (PCB) design is an area of engineering that blends art and science, and a s... Read More...
After new technology investments, the flagship operation of the Chicago-based fab is primed for growth. As the US electronics manufacturing industry braces for... Read More...
A review of the six fundamental steps behind scientific process development. Design of experiments (DoE) is an efficient method for planning experimental tests... Read More...
The High Density Packaging User Group drives innovation through active partnerships. For more than 30 years, the High Density Packaging User Group (https://www... Read More...
The annual user event was tuned into AI, but that’s not the only melody being played. Zuken welcomed customers and partners to Cleveland in September for the e... Read More...
Can a production fabricator thrive in Middle America? Through its novel automation, Summit’s Chicago plant is proof-positive. In 1979, Eagle Electronics laid i... Read More...
A symmetrical build is one of the keys to minimize board warpage. A stackup’s construction should be balanced to keep board warpage within IPC specifications. ... Read More...
Nine considerations to prevent signal degradation due to crosstalk and EMI. With demand growing for AI chips the need for high-speed PCBs is on the rise. As op... Read More...
2023 saw only a handful of fabricators gain ground, but SE Asia is primed to boom. Small it was, but the Thailand Electronics Circuit Asia exhibition held in B... Read More...
Tips and tricks for applications of all speeds, from 1MHz to gigabit level. How do you know a high-speed design application from an ordinary one? What qualifie... Read More...
The annual snapshot of the industry finds the PCB design workforce is – at last – skewing younger. Is the PCB design workforce finally getting younger? After y... Read More...
An electronics startup is developing AI-driven design software that lessens manual intervention. The role of artificial intelligence in PCB design is a growing... Read More...
Searching for components and automating schematic capture are just two of the ways AI will be implemented in PCB design. During the past 10 years, artificial i... Read More...
Stackpole's RNCE thin film resistors are said to withstand higher temperatures, high-moisture and high-sulfur environments, with exceptionally low changes in re... Read More...
Keystone Electronics' compact SMT PCB edge connectors feature a horizontal orientation, making them well-suited for parallel board-to-board or board-to-componen... Read More...
Würth Elektronik's Redcube Press-Fit for Automotive range of threaded connections is specially optimized for the automotive industry. Read More...
Hirose's DF53 Series connector is its newest addition to its SignalBee connector platform. Read More...
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Würth Elektronik's Aluminum Electrolyte and Aluminum Hybrid Polymer capacitors are now available in vibration-resistant versions in their SMT variants. Read More...
SV Microwave's 30° solderless PCB compression mount connectors are able to attain edge launch-like performance anywhere on the board. Read More...
Vishay Intertechnology's TSM3 multi-turn, surface-mount cermet trimmers are designed for space-constrained industrial, consumer and telecom applications in hars... Read More...
Kyocera AVX's BP1206 and BP2816 series thin-film band-pass filters are said to deliver highly repeatable and reliable RF performance for high-frequency wireless... Read More...
Pasternack's angled printed circuit board connectors to meet are designed to meet the demands of RF designs for military and test-and-measurement applications. ... Read More...
Kyocera AVX's 9140-000 series of two-piece Stript crimping contacts accommodates wire size from 22-28AWG and carries high current up to 8A per contact. Read More...
Stackpole’s CSNL2512 series of shunt resistors offers a 3W power rating in a compact package. Read More...
Hirose's ZK1 Series FPC-to-board connector features a plug side with a terminal-less design that contributes to size and weight reduction by switching from disc... Read More...
Polar Instruments' v25.01 update for its Speedstack stackup design tool features several new features and improvements. Read More...
Würth Elektronik's range of RGB LEDs with integrated controllers now includes dual-wire ICLEDs. Read More...