KISTA, SWEDEN – Electronics manufacturer NOTE has acquired all shares in Speedboard Assembly Services for $9.1 million on a debt-free basis, with the possibility of an additional purchase price of $650,000 by 2020.

ATLANTA, GA – The exhibition floor space for PCB West 2019 is more than 75% sold, UP Media Group Inc. said today. Booth reservations are now open to companies that did not exhibit last year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The global printed circuit board industry achieved an estimated 13.9% real growth in 2017, the fastest growth since the recovery year of 2010, according to a new IPC report.

TARM, DENMARK – GPV signed an agreement to acquire fellow EMS company CCS for some $121.3 million on a debt-free basis.

WATERBURY, CT – Effective Jan. 1, MacDermid Performance Solutions will combine its Alpha Assembly Solutions and MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions business units. The combined MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions business will have annual revenues of $1.2 billion.

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics reported third quarter net revenue of €126 million (US$142.6 million), an increase of 16% year-over-year.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics reported revenues up 27% year-over-year in the first nine months of 2018. Its core business in Europe, Asia, and Mexico recorded $780 million in revenues.

SIEVI, FINLAND – Scanfil reported third quarter revenue of €131.5 million (US$149.2 million), up 0.54% year-over-year.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics reported third quarter net sales of $641 million, up 4.9% year-over-year and down 3% sequentially.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Key Tronic reported fiscal first quarter revenue of $127.5 million, up 16.8% year-over-year and 9% sequentially.

HERNDON, VA – iNEMI will review the latest results of its connector reliability testing in a webinar on Nov. 14 and 15.

WASHINGTON – Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $122.7 billion during the third quarter of 2018, up 13.8% year-over-year and 4.1% sequentially, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.