BANNOCKBURN, IL — Shipments from North American electronics manufacturing services companies fell 3.1% in March from a year ago, and bookings dropped 7.1%.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American PCB shipments rose 11.6% year-over-year in March and 30.1% sequentially, IPC announced today.

HELSINKI -- Incap today reported first quarter revenue increased 36.2% year-over-year to EUR 72.7 million ($80.2 million) and net profit rose 27.6% to EUR 8.4 million ($9.27 million).

SAN CLEMENTE, CA --XLR8 EMS announced today that it has received a significant equity investment from American Pacific Group, a $1.2 billion private equity fund.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), a key component of the research and development program established by President Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – APRIL 25, 2023 – Presentations on designing for ESD robustness, printed circuit board cost drivers, and preventing common errors caught by fabrication are among the free seminars at PCB East in May, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association announced today.

OULU, FINLAND – Scanfil has been chosen by Grandcentrix to manufacture and further develop its Modbus Cloud Connect IoT solution.

SANTA ANA, CA – Interconnect Solutions Company, a provider of electromechanical and interconnect solutions, announced that it has acquired the Santa Ana-based assets of MX Electronics Manufacturing.

STOCKHOLM – Note reported sales of SEK1.051 billion ($101.6 million) for the first quarter, an increase of 28% from the previous quarter.

HELSINKI – Incap has lowered its revenue and operating profit estimates for the year after its largest customer postponed some orders from 2023 to 2024. The company now estimates that this year's revenue and operating profit will be lower than 2022.

STOCKHOLM – Note has added a second plant in Eastern Europe through the acquisition of Bulgarian electronics manufacturer ATM Electronics.

MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose to an all-time record of $107.6 billion last year, an increase of 5% from $102.6 billion in sales in 2021, SEMI reported.