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DUBLIN -- Global consumer electronics sales are expected to reach $1.6 trillion by 2018 and will remain strong over the next five years, driven by rising demand in Asia and other emerging countries.

DUBLIN -- The medical electronics market is expected to reach $372.4 billion by 2018, driven by medical therapeutics and imaging systems, a new study says. Research and Markets says those two segments account for approximately 52.9% of the market and are expected to support the medical electronics industry going forward.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK — A new used SMT equipment seller has joined the scene here. EvolviSMT Ltd. held its official launch at Productronica last month.

WASHINGTON – The US House today passed legislation to reform the patent system, aiming to stop broadly written patents and so-called “trolls” who submit applications in the hopes of later capitalizing on hefty licensing fees.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group seeks abstracts for PCB West 2014, to be held Sept. 9-11, 2014, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- A quartet of Samsung engineers have been issued a US patent for a molded underfill flip chip package in which a semiconductor chip is mounted on a printed circuit board through bumps. The invention will prevent or reduce warpage and voids in the semiconductor package so as to increase reliability of the semiconductor package, the inventors said in the patent filing.