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Global Smartphone Production Drops to 10-Year Quarterly Low, Says TrendForce

TAIPEI – Trendforce reported that the global production volume of smartphones in the first quarter was only 250 million units – marking a 19... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 0.3% in April

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales were $40 billion during in April, an increase of 0.3% compared to the previous month's tota... Read More...

Western Reserve Controls Renamed 'Anzer'

AKRON, OH – Western Reserve Controls has announced a renaming to Anzer, and along with the new name, the company has added a larger manufact... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Grow 9% Year-Over-Year, SEMI Reports

MILPITAS, CA – Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 9% year-over-year to $26.8 billion in the first quarter, SEMI announced in ... Read More...

Sales Sentiment for Electronic Components Plummets from April Expectations

ATLANTA – Overall electronics components sales sentiment took a body blow in May and collapsed to 72.2 points compared to the April index of... Read More...

Escatec Builds New Production Facility in Bulgaria

PENANG, MALAYSIA – Escatec has opened a new production facility in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to meet an increasing demand for nearshoring productio... Read More...

Rapid Manufacturing Unveils Kulim Expansion

KULIM, MALAYSIA – Rapid Manufacturing has announced a new facility here to serve in the aerospace, telecommunication, medical, semiconductor... Read More...

Foxconn Sales Up 5% from April, but Down Year-over-Year

TAIPEI – Foxconn's overall sales in May rose by 5% in from April's totals because of shipment growth in smart consumer electronics devices, ... Read More...

Production Resumes at Lacroix After Cyberattack

SAINT-HERBLAIN, FRANCE – Lacroix has partially restarted production at its plants in France, Germany and Tunisia after they were disrupted b... Read More...

FEATURES

The West is Rediscovering India

The subcontinent explodes with new EMS work, prompting a spate of IPOs. Putting aside the obvious supply chain disruptions, the two big stories out of the EMS ... Read More...

Simulating Electronics Components in the Cloud

Methods for assessing component temperatures and fan performance. Cloud technology has become increasingly prevalent, allowing use of 3-D models and numerical ... Read More...

Cpk or Ppk? A Look at Using Both Capability Indices

Summary statistics can be misleading, but in different ways. Cpk and Ppk are numeric capability summaries of process or product characteristics based on common... Read More...

VVDN Goes Vertical

India’s largest ODM is looking to add PCB fabrication to complete its end-to-end mix. VVDN is perhaps best known as a provider of end-to-end engineering and ma... Read More...

Programming-Free, AI-Powered Visual Quality Inspection (VQI)

New advances permit defect detection in a fraction of the time. Despite the prevalence of automated optical inspection (AOI) systems for PCBA manufacturing pro... Read More...

Selective Soldering: A Need for Innovation and Development

Improving nozzle wettability will permit more challenging joints to be tackled. Selective soldering utilizes a nozzle to apply solder to components on the unde... Read More...

How APCT Came to Have 'A Solution for Anybody in North America'

Following its acquisition of ACI, APCT head Steve Robinson is bullish on what's ahead. APCT in February completed the acquisition of Advanced Circuits Inc. (AC... Read More...

Understanding Electroless Nickel Thickness in ENIG and ENEPIG

The actual phosphorus content in the deposit must be considered. While the current focus in the electronics industry is chips, components and microelectronics,... Read More...

Real-time X-ray Video Imaging of Pb-Free Solders Under Simulated SMT Reflow*

Imaging of hidden solder pastes under MLF-100s revealed joint and voiding formation mechanisms differed from each of the solder pastes evaluated. SnPb (tin/lea... Read More...