WASHINGTON — Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $35 billion in August, up 23.9% from last year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American printed circuit board orders in August increased 17.2% year-over-year, driving year-to-date order growth up 4%. Orders in August were up 3.6% sequentially.

VANCOUVER -- Pacific Insight Electronics' fiscal fourth quarter revenues rose 8.3% year-over-year to C$33.9 million.

TAIPEI -- Demand has exceeded supply in the global NAND flash market for six consecutive quarters since the third quarter of 2016, according to the latest research from DRAMeXchange, division of TrendForce.

AACHEN, GERMANY -- The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in November will demonstrate how new battery cells and power electronics can be micro-welded more efficiently and precisely than ever before thanks to new optics and robot support.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The European Union has launched a stakeholder consultation on three new requests for exemptions from the RoHS Directive, IPC reported.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fl -- Jabil reported preliminary, unaudited financial fourth quarter net revenue of $5 billion, up 13.3% from a year ago.

LONDON -- ITRI's 13th annual survey of tin users shows growth of 3.3% in 2016.

TIMMAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA -- A Foxconn subsidiary plans to set up three regional training centers here in the coming years, according to local media reports.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – World PCB production reached an estimated $58.2 billion in 2016, up 2.2% in real terms, while North American PCB production decreased 0.1%, according to IPC.

DUBLIN – The global surface mount technology market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 6.83% to reach a total market size of $5.24 billion by 2022, says Research and Markets.

LONDON -- In the runup to the release of its annual strategic analysis of the European EMS industry Reed Electronics Research has released it provisional ranking of the Top 15 Nordic EMS providers based on global revenues.