ATLANTA – The November ECIA electronic component sales trend survey results are encouraging, despite a weaker forecast for December, says ECIA chief analyst Dale Ford.

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden's emphasis on rebuilding US manufacturing capacity is reason for hope that his administration will support domestic programs, the head of government relations at IPC wrote this week.

MANCHESTER, OH – Contract manufacturer Mirac is opening an 11,800 sq. ft. facility here and is currently hiring 20 to 40 new assembly workers.

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – The global TV market is on track to achieve 1.2% growth in 2020 and is set to end the year with more than 233 million shipments, according to Futuresource Consulting. Trade value is forecast to decline 1% to $83.7 billion.

BENGALURU – Wistron’s iPhone manufacturing facility in India was reportedly ransacked over the weekend, causing up to NT$200 million (US$7.1 million) in damage.

TOKYO – Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to increase 16% year-over-year and register a new industry record of $68.9 billion in 2020, SEMI said.

MCLEAN, VA – US manufacturing technology orders totaled $383.8 million in October, down 1.9% year-over-year and up 3.7% sequentially, the highest dollar value since December 2019, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology.

NEW DELHI – Pegatron’s board has approved an initial investment of $150 million (Rs 1,100 crore) to build manufacturing facilities in India, according to reports.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – SigmaTron International reported fiscal second quarter revenues decreased 7.1% year-over-year to $69.6 million.

MORRISVILLE, NC – iNEMI will hold an end-of-project conformal coating evaluation webinar Dec. 15 and 16 and Jan. 5.

BOSTON – MRSI Systems and Palomar Technologies have reached an agreement that settles all litigation currently pending between the companies.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 2.2% year-over-year to $22.6 billion during the third quarter, according to International Data Corp. In the same period, worldwide server shipments declined 0.2% year-over-year to nearly 3.1 million units.