MUNICH – Icape Group acquired German PCB supplier SAFA2000 for an undisclosed sum.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil now estimates 2022 revenue between €750 million and €820 million. The previous outlook for 2022 was revenue of €710 million to €760 million.

ATLANTA – Electronic component sales softened in both the assessment of March sales growth and April sales expectations, according to ECIA’s latest survey.

NOVA DUBNICA, SLOVAKIA – Neways said it plans to replace its two electronics manufacturing sites in Slovakia with one new 16,000 sq. m. factory, according to reports.

MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2021 surged 44% year-over-year to an all-time record of $102.6 billion, says SEMI.

PENANG – EMS firm Escatec appointed Ernest Sebak as chief executive officer, effective today.

NEVADA CITY, CA – Sales among the 50 largest electronics manufacturing services companies rose 9.9% year-over-year to $417 billion in 2021, according to a new report.

SELANGOR DARUL EHSANM, MALAYSIA -- LTKM Berhad, a leading chicken egg producer, today announced a composite proposal under which the company will divest its existing business and venture into electronics manufacturing services.

MUNICH -- Katek has signed a comprehensive, exclusive term sheet to acquire Canadian electronics manufacturing services provider SigmaPoint Technologies.

MILPITAS, CA -- Sales of printed circuit board and multichip module design software increased 13.9% to $333.7 million in the period ended Dec. 31, the ESD Alliance announced today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The electronics manufacturing supply chain is already feeling the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War, according to new data from IPC.

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI, in partnership with Ignited Education, Foothill College and Krause Center for Innovation, has won a $1 million California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant for the development of a semiconductor pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship program to expand the pathway to careers in the microelectronics industry.