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NEWS

Wallbox Acquires EMS Firm Ares Electronics

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Wallbox, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, announced the acquisition of Ares ... Read More...

Cicor EMS Group Sales Up 36% in H1

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND -- Cicor Group's sales rose 35.7% to CHF157.7 million ($167 million) in the first half year on organic growth of 1... Read More...

SVI Public Co. Turns in Stellar Q2

PATHUMTANI, THAILAND -- SVI Public Co. reported consolidated second quarter revenue of$170 million, up 56% from a year ago and 4.3% higher s... Read More...

Nortech Systems Announces Second Quarter Sales Up 8%

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems reported second quarter revenue of $32.5 million, up 7.7% compared to 2021. Read More...

Key Tronic's Q4 Sales Drop on Covid Shutdowns

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic today reported fiscal fourth quarter revenue of $126.2 million, down from $132.6 million in 2021. Read More...

PR Firm American Pacific Group Takes Stake in Concisys

SAN FRANCISCO -- American Pacific Group, a San Francisco Bay Area-based private equity firm, announced today that it has made an investment ... Read More...

Component Lead Times Shortening, Prices Stabilizing, But Supply Chain Problems Not Over

PASADENA, CA – While electronic component availability is improving and prices are stabilizing across many categories, global supply chain i... Read More...

Naprotek Acquires MicroFab in EMS Rollup

SAN JOSE -- Naprotek has completed the acquisition of privately held MicroFab, adding RF products and services to its electronics manufactur... Read More...

Cal-Comp Says Sales Up 19% in July

BANGKOK -- Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) today announced preliminary consolidated July sales of $389,996,000. Read More...

FEATURES

M2M Communication is Here. Do We Still Need Judgment Calls?

Data-driven processes require IP coordination among vendors – and that means humans. We hear a lot these days about smart manufacturing, but is there a broad c... Read More...

Tackling Head-in-Pillow Defects with Vapor Phase Reflow

An EMS finds VPS dramatically reduced HiP in BGA/LGA connectors. Head-in-pillow (HiP) defects are one of the most common issues that affect printed circuit boa... Read More...

The Unsinkable, Unstoppable PCB Market

Political and supply-chain issues could not slow printed circuit growth in 2021. The author attended his first IPC meeting in 1966. At that time, the consensu... Read More...

OSP Myths Dispelled

A new specification tackles the application and performance of organic solderability preservatives. After many years of starts, stops and debate, an industry c... Read More...

Defluxing of Copper Pillar Bumped Flip-Chips

A case study showed a well-balanced aqueous cleaning agent removed Pb-free, water-soluble tack flux residues better than straight DI water. Solder bump technol... Read More...

Leveraging Systems and Processes to Evolve NPI

A cross-functional team approach for completing prototypes and ramping to production. Faster, better, cheaper has always been a mantra in electronics manufactu... Read More...