MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment edged down 1.3% to $106.3 billion in 2023 from an all-time record of $107.6 billion in 2022, SEMI reported in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) report.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies has received $1.3 million in tax credits from the Colorado Economic Development Commission to expand its operations here and add up to 101 new jobs.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has released an expansion of its strategy to address the workforce challenges of the US electronics manufacturing industry and called on its member companies to join in the effort.

MCLEAN, VA – Orders of manufacturing technology totaled $343.3 million in February, marking a 2.1% increase from January but a 26.5% decline from February 2023, the Association For Manufacturing Technology announced in its US Manufacturing Technology Orders Report.

NEEDHAM, MA – After two years of decline, the worldwide traditional PC market returned to growth during the first quarter with 59.8 million shipments, growing 1.5% year over year, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

SINGAPORE – ASMPT reported full-year revenue of HK$14.7 billion ($1.9 billion), down 24% from 2022.

ATLANTA – Optimism continues to improve in the electronic components supply chain as overall sentiment rose to 106.9 in the latest results from ECIA’s Electronic Component Sales Trend Survey.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has announced the release of "J" revisions for two standards often used together for the manufacture of electronic assemblies.

CHENNAI – Pegatron is reportedly in advanced talks to sell its lone Indian iPhone manufacturing facility to the Tata Group.

ATLANTA — ECIA’s Global Industry Practices Committee (GIPC) will host a webinar on compliance issues related to PFAS on April 24. Experts from Claigan Environmental, a PFAS compliance consultancy, will explain the implications of recent legislation in the US.

CHENNAI – International Finance Corporation is weighing a potential $150 million investment into the India subsidiary of Salcomp, a Finnish electronics manufacturing services company.

NEW DELHI – Dixon Technologies is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in Transsion Holdings' Indian unit as it looks to strengthen its presence in India's smartphone market.