AUSTIN, TX – The latest CSP market forecast shows a 7% CAGR from 2017 to 2022, with one of the strongest growth categories being the quad flat no-lead (QFN) package, with a CAGR of 8.8%, according to TechSearch International.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC named new board members, including a new executive slate, at its annual meeting this week. 

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics plans to invest more than $20 million in a 150,000 sq. ft. new electronics manufacturing services facility here, the company says.

HONG KONG -- ASM reported record second-half sales and backlogs at its electronics assembly equipment unit as growth surged 45% to $517 million.

GEORGETOWN, MALAYSIA -- Benchmark Electronics today commemorated the expansion of its third facility in Penang.

TAIPEI -- Lite-On Technology today announced the sale of the company’s camera module business to LuxVisions Innovation for $360 million in cash, plus a right to obtain LuxVision’s 10% shares.

SAN DIEGO – FEB. 27, 2018 – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY and PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND FAB announced the winners of the 2018 New Product Introduction Awards for electronics assembly equipment, materials, software, and PCB fabrication.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems has signed a lease for a new facility to be built in Monterrey, Mexico, approximately five miles from the company’s current location.

SAN DIEGO – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the winners of its 2018 Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers.

LOUISVILLE -- Flextronics reportedly will lay off 314 workers at its repair hub here during the next six months.

PHOENIX -- Micro-tier EMS RNB Enterprises is closing after 42 years in business and being sold at auction.

SAN DIEGO -- Rockwell-Collins engineer David Hillman today was inducted to the IPC Hall of Fame, capping nearly three decades of contributions to the industry trade group.