Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - ESDA, ALC Provide ESD Operator Training

NEWS

Aimtron Acquires ICS to Expand US Footprint

DECATUR, IN – Aimtron Electronics Limited has acquired ICS Company, a US-based electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) and origin... Read More...

Scanfil to Invest $10.6M in Suzhou Plant

SUZHOU, CHINA – Scanfil is investing EUR 9 million (about US$10.6 million) on the expansion of its Suzhou plant, driven by a positive custom... Read More...

Scanfil Forecasts Up to 36% Revenue Growth

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Scanfil outlined its 2026 outlook following the acquisitions of MB Elettronica in Italy and ADCO Circuits in the United ... Read More...

Celestica Q4 Revenue Jumps 44%

TORONTO, CANADA – Celestica reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, driven by accelerating demand for data center infrast... Read More...

Plexus Reports Q1 Earnings Above Estimates as Revenue Rises

NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported first quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, with earnings rising about 3% year over year and topp... Read More...

Aegis Completes Simio Acquisition

HORSHAM, PA – A manufacturing operations software provider has completed the acquisition of a digital twin simulation and advanced planning ... Read More...

Sanmina Posts 59% Year-Over-Year Q4 Sales Growth

SAN JOSE, CA – Sanmina reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results for calendar-year 2025, driven by sharp year-over-year revenue... Read More...

PCB East 2026 Conference Registration Now Open

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – PCEA today opened registration for the technical program for PCB East (http://www.PCBEast.com) 2026, featuring more tha... Read More...

Note Posts Q4 Sales Down 2% YoY

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Note closed 2025 with record quarterly profitability despite flat full-year sales, reporting fourth quarter revenue of a... Read More...

FEATURES

Vibration Analysis of PCBs for Critical Applications

Laser doppler vibrometry enables simultaneous measurement at dozens of points across populated PCBs, revealing component-level failure risks that accelerometers... Read More...

AI ‘Hallucinates.’ Why That’s Actually Good News.

Without the right context, AI gives answers that sound right but can quietly derail manufacturing decisions. It’s 9:15 AM on a Tuesday, and Maria – your rising... Read More...

A Comparison of Stencil Capabilities

How do modern stencil materials and coatings influence transfer efficiency and volume repeatability as SMT features continue to shrink? The key indicators of S... Read More...

The Marketplace for Untapped Inventory

Where excess inventory stops being clutter and starts being currency. For years, companies have treated excess electronic components like an embarrassing secre... Read More...

Building Relationships with Technology

Treating technology as a human replacement strategy is a recipe for failure. Here’s the questions you should be asking. I have good news: Your board just appro... Read More...

The Victory Plan Reborn: How the DoW is Mobilizing the Electronics Industrial Base

Innovation gets applause, manufacturing gets contracts. We’re almost out of time. That is the message underlying US Department of War Secretary Peter Hegseth’s... Read More...

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...