BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board orders in May increased 21.2% year-over-year, says IPC. Year-to-date orders grew 14.4% compared to the same period last year . Orders were up 6.3% sequentially.

BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES – Cal-Comp Technology’s unit in the Philippines has filed an application to raise up to about $129 million from an initial public offering. Cal-Comp plans to sell nearly 400 million new common shares, according to reports.

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- New research from Juniper Research shows that by the end of 2026 there will be over 50 million autonomous vehicles on the road, with over 10 million in the US and 15 million in the Far East and China.

ATLANTA -- Among major fabricators, Shenzhen Kinwong is perhaps the industry’s best kept secret in North America.

ZANDT, GERMANY -- Zollner has begun manufacture of medical devices and systems in its new 135,000 sq. ft. building here.

SON, NETHERLANDS -- Neways Electronics is participating in two major European projects in the field of Internet of Things (IoT), with the beneficiaries ranging from engineers at major corporations to local farmers.

TORONTO -- Celestica today announced that it has entered into a new $800 million credit facility, which will be used to repay existing debt, buy outstanding shares and for possible acquisitions.

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $2.7 billion in billings worldwide in May, up 19.2% from a year ago.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The SMTA today announced the program for the SMTA International Conference and Exhibition is finalized and registration is open.

SEBERANG JAYA, MALAYSIA -- PIE Industrial is allocating more than $7 million toward an expansion of its PCB assembly operations here.

RONNEBY, SWEDEN -- Orbit One named Mattias Lindhe chief executive and COO, effective Jul. 1.

AUSTIN, TX – While Apple remains the main customer for TSMC’s integrated fan-out WLP (InFO-WLP), an increasing number of companies are adopting a large area version of FO on substrate, says TechSearch International.