WASHINGTON – “The electronics manufacturing industry applauds the US Senate for approving the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with broad bipartisan support,” said president and CEO John Mitchell, IPC.

MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek reported fiscal third quarter 2020 sales of $3.67 million, up 16% year-over-year.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB West 2020, to be held September 8-11, 2020, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a four-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC welcomes today’s signing of phase one of the US-China trade deal.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide market for traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, finished the fourth quarter up 4.8% year-over-year, according to International Data Corp.

TAMPA, FL – Moisture is the bane of the circuit board, and millions of dollars are spent on packaging materials each year to keep parts dry. But while components can be packaged and handled in trays, standard practice remains to treat each PCB as an individual unit, storing them with silica gel desiccant bags to soak up unwanted moisture.

WESTWOOD, MA – Chase Corp. reported quarterly sales volume fell in its electronic and industrial coatings product line due to a slowdown in Asian markets. Overall fiscal first quarter revenue decreased 8% year-over-year to $66.8 million, the firm said.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group today announced dates for its popular PCB2Day workshop series for spring 2020.

CAMBRIDGE, UK – The augmented, virtual and mixed reality market will top $30 billion by 2030, according to IDTechEx Research.

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Almost half the population living in the US, UK, France and Germany now owns a smart home device, up from one-in-three a year ago, according to Futuresource Consulting.

BERWYN, PA – Ametek is selling Reading Alloys to Kymera International for $250 million, according to reports.

TAIPEI – Foxconn reported consolidated revenues of NT$539.5 billion (US$17.8 billion) for December, down 12.9% year-over-year and 10.5% sequentially.