PEACHTREE CITY, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the winners of its 32nd annual 2024 Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers. CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY recognized companies that received the highest customer service ratings, as judged by their own customers, during a ceremony at the SMTA International trade show in Chicago.

MILPITAS, CA – Global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2% in 2024 to 12.2 billion square inches with a strong rebound of 10% expected in 2025 to reach 13.3 billion square inches as wafer demand continues to recover from the downcycle, SEMI reported in its annual silicon shipment forecast.

TÄBY, SWEDEN – Mycronic has acquired Modus High-Tech Electronics, a German provider of automated optical inspection systems.

AUSTIN, TX – Flex has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Technical Systems, a specialist in power distribution and protection systems, for $325 million.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the technical program of PCB West held last week grew 9.6% year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today. Overall exhibition and conference registration rose nearly 4% for the annual event, which is held in the Silicon Valley each fall.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global smartphone shipments increased 4% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND – Cicor announced sales of CHF120.4 million ($139.6 million) in the third quarter, up 26.3% from the 2023's third quarter.

MCLEAN, VA – Orders of manufacturing technology in August dropped 12% from the same month last year, totaling $360.8 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology's US Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report.

STOCKHOLM – Note announced third-quarter sales of SEK809 million ($77.6 million), down 20% from 2023's third quarter.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Stephan Schmidt as recipient of the third annual PCEA Membership Award.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Susy Webb as recipient of the third annual PCEA Leadership Award.

TAIPEI – Foxconn announced NT$1.85 trillion ($57.3 billion) in revenue for the third quarter, a 20.2% increase and the highest revenue the company has ever reported for the quarter.