TAIPEI – Global TV shipments for the second quarter will reach 46.63 million units – a 7.5% quarter-on-quarter increase and a year-on-year rise of 2%, according to the latest forecast from TrendForce.
NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments of smart home devices continued to decline in the first quarter as shipments fell 5.6% year over year to 186 million units, according to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker.
SINGAPORE – Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific; and Singapore Center for 3-D Printing have developed a new multi-material printer using multi-wavelength high-power lasers for quick and easy 3-D printing of smart, flexible devices.
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Commerce announced an expansion in funding opportunities for large semiconductor supply chain projects, as well as a separate process for smaller projects coming later in the year.
PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA – GPV has entered a lease agreement for a new electronics factory here in close proximity to its two existing factories in Slovakia. The additional factory is expected to start production from early 2024.
KOBIERZYCE, POLAND – Universal Scientific Industrial recently inaugurated its second factory here, and expects to create up to 1,000 jobs once the facility is fully operational by the first quarter of 2024.