PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The PCEA membership elected its board of directors for the next two years at its annual meeting in October.

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA – Foxconn has broken ground on a new headquarters building here in China's Henan province.

SANTA ANA, CA – Ducommun announced $197.3 million in fourth quarter revenue, up 2.7% over the fourth quarter of 2023.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – PCEA Training today named respected industry veteran Paul Fleming technical director, PCB design.

CUPERTINO, CA – Apple will spend $500 billion in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country, Reuters reported.

MILPITAS, CA – The global semiconductor manufacturing industry closed 2024 with strong fourth quarter results and solid year-over-year growth across most of the key industry segments, SEMI announced in its Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor (SMM) Report, prepared in partnership with TechInsights.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Orders, capacity utilization, and backlogs all increased in the past month, pushing electronics industry demand higher according to IPC’s February Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report.

OULU, FINLAND – Scanfil reported €779.8 million ($816.9 million) in full-year sales, a decrease of 13.5% compared to the previous year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB shipments in January were up 19.9% compared to January 2024, IPC announced in findings from its North American PCB Statistical Program. The book- to-bill ratio stands at 1.24.

DALLAS – Flex has expanded its US manufacturing operations with a new 400,000 sq. ft. facility here, aimed at enhancing its production capabilities for power infrastructure solutions.

NEW YORK – Vexos has announced expansions of its Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Vancouver, WA, facilities to meet increasing customer demand.

MENTOR, OH – Libra Industries is set to close its facility in Northeast Ohio, resulting in the permanent loss of 17 jobs.