WASHINGTON – Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $39 billion in October, an increase of 6% year-over-year and 3.1% sequentially, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

MILPITAS, CA – Global semiconductor equipment billings surged 30% year-over-year to $19.4 billion in the third quarter, says SEMI.

BOSTON – Flexible hybrid electronics is expected to be an approximately $3 billion market by 2030, according to IDTechEx. Flexible hybrid electronics is an emerging technology that removes a previous tradeoff, specifically between the flexibility of printed electronics and functionality of conventional PCBs, and is thus rapidly gaining traction, the firm added.

TOKYO – Oki Electric Industry Co. reported fiscal first half 2021 net sales of 173.5 billion yen (US$1.67 billion), down 20.6% year-over-year.

SHANGHAI – Jiangsu Xiehe Electronic went public this week on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with a public offering price of RMB 26.56 (US$4.06) per share.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC’s president and CEO John Mitchell released a statement on the final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act:

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The ongoing surge in PC demand is expected to continue as work from home and remote education needs mix with the holiday spending season, according to International Data Corp.

NEW YORK – November saw global manufacturing output expand at the fastest pace since January 2018 and at one of the best growth rates over the past decade, according to JPMorgan.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has updated its global standard for PCB design through manufacturing data flow.

MOSCOW, ID – Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is planning to build a 140,000 sq. ft. electronics manufacturing facility here.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for two technical conferences coming in 2021:

SALEM, NH — Emerald Electronics Manufacturing Services has acquired a pair of electronics manufacturing service providers, extending its range to the Midwest US and adding capacity in Southern California.