BERWYN, PA – Ametek has agreed to acquire Gatan from Roper Technologies for $925 million in cash.

STAMFORD, CT – Gartner estimates more than 5 billion mobile phones are used around the world. After years of growth, the worldwide smartphone market has reached a tipping point. Sales of smartphones will decline 3.2% in 2019, which would be the worst decline the category has seen.

WARWICKSHIRE, UK — The IPC Hand Soldering Competition took place this month here, where first prize went to Justyna Mikolajczyk, Zettlex.

MORRISVILLE, NC – iNEMI will hold a series of webinars next month on a program to identify key technology gaps for assembling advanced packages with large form factors and support their adoption.

LONDON – The global in-circuit test market is estimated at $1.2 billion in 2019 and will increase at a CAGR of ~9% during the forecast period of 2019-2029, according to Future Market Insights.

MORRISVILLE, NC — iNEMI published the Organic PCB and Power Conversion Electronics chapters of the 2019 Roadmap.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal fourth quarter net revenue of $6.6 billion, up 13.9% year-over-year. Electronics manufacturing services revenue grew 23%.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The PCB industry in North America has turned a corner, according to a new report from IPC.

ATLANTA – Combining nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics could help disabled people wirelessly control an electric wheelchair, use a computer, or operate a small robotic vehicle without a hair-electrode cap or wires, according to researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Kent and Wichita State University.

NEVADA CITY, CA – The fastest-growing application segment for IC devices is the communications market, with shipments expanding at a CAGR of 7.1% between 2018 and 2023 to reach annual revenues of $137 billion, according to New Venture Research.

QUERETARO CITY, MEXICO -- WKK will build a new EMS manufacturing plant here to take advantage of the trade situation between the US and Mexico.

TORONTO – SMTC Corp. plans to wind-down its Chinese manufacturing operations when its current Dongguan, China, lease expires in December, the company said Thursday.