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NEWS

PCB West 2026 Booth Space Now Open to Any Exhibitor

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – December 11, 2025 – The exhibition floor for PCB West (https://www.pcbwest.com) 2026 is now open to any prospective exh... Read More...

Scanfil Completes Acquisition of ADCO Circuits

HELSINKI – Scanfil has finalized its acquisition of US-based electronics manufacturer ADCO Circuits after securing approval from American re... Read More...

PCB East 2026 Show Floor Selling Out

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – December 9, 2025 – The exhibition floor space for PCB East (http://www.PCBEast.com) 2026 is more than 70% booked and is... Read More...

Foxconn Invests $170 Million to Build New Electronics Manufacturing Plant in Louisville

LOUSIVILLE, KY – Foxconn confirmed plans to establish a major US production hub in Louisville, announcing a $170 million investment that wil... Read More...

November Component Sentiment Surges as Pulse Index Outperforms Expectations

ATLANTA, GA – Electronic Component Trends and Sentiment report for November shows the industry’s outlook strengthening far ahead of expectat... Read More...

VS Industry Swings to Profit with Q1 Net Up 192% YoY

KUALA LUMPUR – VS Industry Bhd returned to profitability in its fiscal first quarter ended Oct. 31, reporting about US$6.6 million in net pr... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Rise 4.7% in October

Global semiconductor sales reached $72.7 billion in October, rising 4.7% from September and 27.2% year over year, according to new WSTS data... Read More...

TechSearch International Warns of Looming Substrate and Materials Shortages for Advanced Packaging

AUSTIN, TX – TechSearch International’s newest Advanced Packaging Update finds that rapid growth in AI servers and data center hardware will... Read More...

Micro-Precision Technologies Acquires Stellar Manufacturing

SALEM, NH – Micro-Precision Technologies has acquired Stellar Manufacturing, adding PCB assembly capabilities to its US micro-electronics pl... Read More...

FEATURES

Nexperia Crisis Exposes Hidden Fragility in the PCB Supply Chain

Just when the industry thought the shortage saga was over, the parts giant hit refresh on the chaos. The global electronics industry faces another shortage sit... Read More...

Beyond the Gerbers: How Unstructured Data Drives PCB Cost and Lead Time

The real bottleneck isn’t the layout; it’s decoding those half-hidden specs stuffed into a PDF. Every electronics engineer and PCB designer knows the feeling: ... Read More...

From Boards to Assemblies: Precision PCB’s Journey to In-House Manufacturing

How a longtime PCB supplier became a contract manufacturer. More than a handful of US-based printed circuit board fabricators offer some degree of assembly in ... Read More...

Outsourcing Electronics Product Design and Development

Nine critical checks for OEMs to avoiding bottlenecks. Established OEMs with ambitious growth goals often hit a wall as they expand their product ranges. Inter... Read More...

On Flying, Finding and the Trade Show Floor

Somewhere between the badge scanner beep and missing business cards, community happens. I’ve been reading to my son before bed lately. And now that we’ve (merc... Read More...

Designing for Durability: What Parylene Means for High-Rel Electronics

Test points, underfills and connectors: rethinking legacy rules for parylene. Conformal coatings come in several types, each with its specific properties and p... Read More...

Cold Paste, Hot Mess

Avoiding solder paste failures through proper handling and preparation. Our technical support team often sees the same preventable issues repeat themselves. Th... Read More...

Among PCB Design, Raises are Up, Benefits are Down and Deadlines Don’t Budge

Boards aren’t the only things getting more complex. Workloads are too. PCB designers are, by and large, a veteran crew. Many have been in the game for decades,... Read More...

Tracking Giants: Inside the World’s Top PCB Fabricators

From Shenzhen to Southeast Asia: The changing map of PCB production. Accurately investigating the revenues of the world’s largest PCB fabricators is confoundin... Read More...