ATLANTA — A steep drop in sales sentiment for semiconductors dragged the overall component sentiment index down by 6.7 points to 75.6 in the ECIA's October Electronic Component Sales Trend survey. Despite modest improvements in the Electro-Mechanical and Passive Component Indices, the index for semiconductors collapsed from 96.4 in September to 69.2 in October.

SAN FRANCISCO — Bright Machines has announced that it has raised $132M to accelerate the company's growth and aid the development of new software and service offerings to add to its existing portfolio of projects. The $132 million in funds includes $100 million in Series B equity funding led by Eclipse Ventures and $32 million in debt led by Silicon Valley Bank and Hercules Capital. This round of funding brings the total raised by Bright Machines to $330M since the company’s founding in 2018.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC announced that North American Printed Circuit Board shipments in September 2022 were up 14.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to August, September shipments rose 17.9%. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.12.

PCB year-to-date bookings in September were down 2.6% compared to last year. However, bookings in September increased 52% from the previous month.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC has announced that North American Electronics Manufacturing Services shipments in September were up 15.5% compared to the same month last year. Compared to August, September shipments decreased 0.1%. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.29.

EMS bookings in September increased 21.1% year-over-year and increased 18.1% from the previous month.