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Electronics Manufacturing Industry Remains Upbeat Despite Uncertainties, IPC Says

Electronics Manufacturing Industry Remains Upbeat Despite Uncertainties, IPC Says

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Though overall industry sentiment is upbeat, around 58% of the respondents to IPC’s monthly Global Sentiment of the Electr...  Read More...

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 5.6% in February, IPC Reports

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 5.6% in February, IPC Reports

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in February 2023 were up 5.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the pre...  Read More...

IPC: North American EMS Industry Up 5.1% in February

IPC: North American EMS Industry Up 5.1% in February

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in February were up 5.1% compared to the same month last year, and down 4.9% from Janua...  Read More...

Global Fab Equipment Spending on Track For 2024 Recovery, Semi Reports

Global Fab Equipment Spending on Track For 2024 Recovery, Semi Reports

MILPITAS, CA – Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to decrease 22% year-over-year to $76 billion in 2023 from...  Read More...

VS Industry Sees 13% Revenue Increase

VS Industry Sees 13% Revenue Increase

SENAI, MALAYSIA – VS Industry reported revenue of MYR1.15 billion ($258 million) for the second quarter of its fiscal year, a 13.1% increase...  Read More...

Syrma SGS Technology Looks to Add SMT Lines

Syrma SGS Technology Looks to Add SMT Lines

CHENNAI, INDIA – Indian PCBA manufacturer Syrma SGS Technology is looking to double its SMT lines by using the proceeds of its IPO.  Read More...

JEDEC Creates New Automotive Steering Subcommittee

JEDEC Creates New Automotive Steering Subcommittee

ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC has announced the formation of the JC-42.9 Automotive Steering Subcommittee responsible for investigating memory techn...  Read More...

Nortech Systems Reports 6.4% Revenue Growth

Nortech Systems Reports 6.4% Revenue Growth

MINNEAPOLIS – Nortech Systems announced $35.6 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 6.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.  Read More...

Zollner to Add 100 Jobs in Virginia

Zollner to Add 100 Jobs in Virginia

LEESBURG, VA – Zollner Elektronik AG will invest $18 million to expand in Virginia, including boosts to its electronics manufacturing operat...  Read More...

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FEATURES

CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY NPI Awards Highlight Best New Products

CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY NPI Awards Highlight Best New Products

CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY in late January announced the 2023 New Product Introduction Award winners for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software. The 16t...  Read More...

Good Signs: IPC Apex Booth Traffic Suggests Busy Year Ahead

Good Signs: IPC Apex Booth Traffic Suggests Busy Year Ahead

Exhibitors hope new products will keep the order books filled in 2023. The good times of 2022 carried over into January as the industry turned out for one of t...  Read More...

Is Your Company Ready to Be Sold?

Is Your Company Ready to Be Sold?

What owners should do to ensure an attractive price when they sell their company. It’s not easy owning an EMS company these days ... if it ever actually was. A...  Read More...

Flux, Reflow Ovens, NASCAR and Moonshine

Flux, Reflow Ovens, NASCAR and Moonshine

The connection between flux and reflow ovens is obvious, but are there ties to stills and race cars too? When my wife and I moved to Raleigh, NC, we soon reali...  Read More...

Statistical Process Control Charts: Sampling Frequency, Subgroups and Plans

Statistical Process Control Charts: Sampling Frequency, Subgroups and Plans

Taking the confusion out of determining appropriate data collection parameters. In 1924, Dr. Walter Shewhart was working at Bell Telephone Laboratories. On May...  Read More...

Protecting Connectors on Zero Edge Clearance Boards

Protecting Connectors on Zero Edge Clearance Boards

Not leaving enough clearance is a design oversight that can have costly consequences. As PCB designers, fabricators and assemblers, we wear a lot of hats at Ru...  Read More...

Bravo, Lacroix! The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY EMS Company of the Year

Bravo, Lacroix! The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY EMS Company of the Year

Buoyed by acquisitions and a resplendent new flagship manufacturing center, the French EMS is prepping for a sustainable future. In October 2021, France Presid...  Read More...

Updating an Existing Printed Circuit Board Design

Updating an Existing Printed Circuit Board Design

A basic process for revising a client-supplied CAD database. Not all designs start from scratch. Not all designs start with a schematic and then “ECO’ing” it i...  Read More...

Addressing Low-Temperature Rework Concerns

Addressing Low-Temperature Rework Concerns

Material properties and considerations of a eutectic SnBi solid wire and SAC 305 flux cored wire. Low-temperature (LT), high-bismuth solders are being carefull...  Read More...

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PRODUCTS

Hirose Releases IT14 Series Connector

Hirose Releases IT14 Series Connector

Hirose Electric's IT14 Series stackable ball grid array mezzanine connector is designed for high-speed and high-density server applications.  Read More...

Tompkins Robotics Launches PickPal Robot Series

Tompkins Robotics Launches PickPal Robot Series

Tompkins Robotics' PickPal product series is a line of pick assist autonomous mobile robots.  Read More...

Master Bond Rolls Out Dual Curable Adhesive

Master Bond Rolls Out Dual Curable Adhesive

Master Bond's LED415DC90 is a one component adhesive system that cures rapidly upon exposure to a 405nm wavelength LED light source without any oxygen inhibitio...  Read More...

Inovaxe Releases LS350 Smart Rack

Inovaxe Releases LS350 Smart Rack

LS350 Smart rack features four rows of 7" reel storage for a maximum capacity of 192, 7", 8mm reels in less than 1.6 sq. ft. of floor space.  Read More...

Shenmao Launches Anti-HoP Lead-Free Solder Paste

Shenmao Launches Anti-HoP Lead-Free Solder Paste

Shenmao's PF606-P130N is an anti-hop lead-free solder paste that is designed for the SMT process to prevent head-on-pillow (HoP) issues.  Read More...

Rohm Rolls Out Space-saving Current Sense Amplifier ICs

Rohm Rolls Out Space-saving Current Sense Amplifier ICs

Rohm Semiconductor's BD14210G-LA current sense amplifier IC simplifies current sensing by connecting a shunt resistor and a bypass capacitor, which reduces the ...  Read More...

Dymax Releases 9200-W Series Encapsulants and Adhesives

Dymax Releases 9200-W Series Encapsulants and Adhesives

Dymax's 9200-W series of light-curable encapsulants and structural and optical-positioning adhesives is made without materials of concern known to cause skin se...  Read More...

Würth Elektronik Launches WCAP-FTXH Capacitor Series

Würth Elektronik Launches WCAP-FTXH Capacitor Series

Würth Elektronik's WCAP-FTXH series of capacitors is ENEC 10, cULus, and CQC certified and belongs to the X2 safety class capacitors according to IEC 60384-14. ...  Read More...

TechnoDigm Upgrades LED UV Curing System

TechnoDigm Upgrades LED UV Curing System

TechnoDigm's All-In-One LED UV Curing System now includes an optional integrated UV sensor.  Read More...

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