BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC today announced release of a 146-page study of electronics assembly quality benchmarks. 

MADISON, WI — Foxconn will announce the site of its future flat panel display manufacturing campus today, according to reports.

VANCOUVER -- Methode Electronics today completed its acquisition of Pacific Insight Electronics.

NEWBURY, UK – Newbury Electronics reported first-half 2017 orders were up 33% year-over-year.

MINNEAPOLIS – CyberOptics now anticipates a slight operating loss for the third quarter on revenue of $11.6 million to $11.8 million, opposed to prior guidance of $13 million to $15 million.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA – Sager Electronics has acquired the distribution and supply business of Power Sources Unlimited.

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.