BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC released IPC-2551, International Standard for Digital Twins.

PFLUGERVILLE, TX – Austin Precision Machining and Manufacturing is commencing comprehensive contract manufacturing for all electronics manufacturing from prototype to full-scale production.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – TM Robotics won a large contract to supply a substantial amount of THE600 Scara robots to a global electronics assembly plant.

NORRTELJE, SWEDEN – With demand for electric cars increasing, Note is producing charging stations here. To meet growth in terms of capacity, production will soon begin at Note Torsby as well.

MILWAUKIE, OR – Tara Fischer is now the exclusive owner and president of ECD, a move that was finalized in late 2020.

MCLEAN, VA – December orders of manufacturing technology totaled $456.7 million, up 17.6% year-over-year and nearly 40% sequentially, according to The Association for Manufacturing Technology.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. today announced new dates for the annual PCB West technical conference and exhibition this fall.

WINDSOR, ONTARIO – The Stellantis Windsor Assembly plant will temporarily shut down production as a result of a global shortage of semiconductors, according to reports.

MILWAUKEE, WI – Milwaukee Electronics appointed Jered Stoehr to chief executive officer, succeeding his father P. Michael Stoehr, who will serve in the role of executive chairman.

SOFIA, BULGARIA – Sanmina purchased Osram’s plant here for the production of digital lighting components, according to reports.

GLENVIEW, IL – Illinois Tool Works reported its test & measurement and electronics unit had fourth quarter revenue of $534 million, down 3.3% year-over-year. Operating income for the segment was $153 million, a decrease of 1.3% compared to the same quarter in 2019.

TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics reported fourth quarter sales of $521 million, an increase of 2.6% year-over-year, down 0.95% sequentially.