GLENVIEW, IL – Illinois Tool Works reported fourth quarter Test & Measurement and Electronics revenue was $636 million, an increase of 19.1% year-over-year.

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ATLANTA, GA – East West Manufacturing is receiving an undisclosed investment from MSD Partners.

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments were 362.4 million during the fourth quarter, down 3.2% year-over-year, according to International Data Corp, the second straight quarter of negative growth.

On an annual basis, the market grew 5.7% in 2021, with 1.35 billion smartphones shipped, thanks to a strong first half.

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments amounted to 46 million units during the fourth quarter, down 11.9% year-over-year, posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020, according to International Data Corp.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Key Tronic posted fiscal second quarter revenue of $134.5 million, up 5% year-over-year.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – PCB East today announced the international electronics industry consultant Gene Weiner, fresh off a trip across the Atlantic where he visited several emerging companies, will keynote this year’s conference. Weiner’s talk, “From Possibility to Reality,” will paint a picture of exciting possibilities in additive manufacturing, materials, equipment, components and other developments that may be in full swing in the next few years.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — In recognition and acknowledgment of his contributions to IPC and the electronics industry, Joe O’Neil, OAA Ventures, was presented with the IPC Raymond E. Pritchard Hall of Fame Award.

BANGKOK – Fabrinet reported fiscal second quarter revenue of $566.6 million, up 24.9% year-over-year.

SAN JOSE – Sanmina reported fiscal first quarter net sales of $1.76 billion, an increase of 0.12% year-over-year.

ATLANTA – The results from ECIA’s January electronic component sales sentiment survey, while not as strong as anticipated, point to a solid start to the new year, with the overall sales sentiment index registering 116.5 for January, slightly up from the prior month’s results, says ECIA.

PARIS -- An ICAPE Group subsidiary has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Cebisa France, a printed circuit board supplier based in Lisses.