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October Circuit Board B2B Ticks Up But Remains in Red

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American printed circuit board fabricators saw the 90-day moving average shipments rise 3% year-over-year in October... Read More...

PE Firm Seeking Buyer for Beyonics, Report Says

SINGAPORE -- Is Beyonics on the block? A report from Bloomberg today said the private equity firm that owns the contract electronics manufac... Read More...

SKP Resources Posts Fiscal Q2 Revenue Up 49%

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – SKP Resources posted fiscal second quarter revenue of RM 726.3 million (US$177.6 million), an increase of 49.2% yea... Read More...

IEC Electronics Reports Fiscal Q4 Revenues Up 6%

NEWARK, NY – IEC Electronics Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter revenues of $46.4 million, an increase of 5.7% year-over-year. Read More...

K&S Reports Fiscal Q4 Net Revenue Up 27%

SINGAPORE – Kulicke and Soffa Industries reported fiscal fourth quarter net revenue of $177.7 million, up 27.1% year-over-year and 18.1% seq... Read More...

Foxconn Begins Production on Displays in Vietnam

QUANG NINH, VIETNAM – Foxconn made its first batch of display screens this week at its $26 million factory here, according to reports. Read More...

USI Breaks Ground on EMS Factory in Vietnam

HAIPHONG CITY, VIETNAM – EMS firm USI broke ground on a new 65,000 sq. m. facility here, with a planned investment of $200 million for phase... Read More...

Gaming Accessories Market to Rise 21% in 2020

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – The gaming accessories market continues to climb, on track to achieve 21% volume growth in 2020, according to Futuresour... Read More...

PDF Solutions to Acquire Cimetrix

SANTA CLARA, CA – PDF Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cimetrix for a $35 million cash payment, net of cash on C... Read More...

FEATURES

Solder Mask and Low-Standoff Component Cleaning – A Connection?

Assessing the impact of six solder mask options on under-component cleanliness. Why consider solder mask selection as a factor that can affect cleaning process... Read More...

Attack of the Clones: Do Counterfeits Still Pose a Problem in Electronics Manufacturing?

A trillion-dollar industry remains exposed to knockoff parts that are sometimes electrically superior to the real thing. Thousands of words have been written o... Read More...

Advanced Packages and New 5G Technologies Will Drive Portable Products

SLPs with lines and spaces <35µm are ahead. Ed.: This is the ninth of an occasional series by the authors of the 2019 iNEMI Roadmap. This information is... Read More...

State-of-the-Art Technology Flashes

Updates in silicon and electronics technology. Ed.: This is a special feature courtesy of Binghamton University. Smallest on-chip optical modulator has switch... Read More...