PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today opened the show floor to select exhibitors for the 2025 PCB East conference and exhibition.

SAN FRANCISCO – Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to set a new industry record, reaching $109 billion in 2024, growing 3.4% year-on-year, SEMI announced in its Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast – OEM Perspective.

NEWBURY, UK – Garner Osborne, a UK-based specialist in PCB manufacture and assembly, has been acquired by entrepreneur Dean Curran through Novastone Capital Advisors' Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

WASHINGTON — The 90-day moving average global semiconductor sales hit $49.1 billion during May, up 19.3% from 2023, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Sentiment among electronics manufacturers fell in June but still remains above its long-term average, according to IPC’s June Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report.

ATLANTA – The overall electronic component sales sentiment fell by 13.4 months in June, marking the second consecutive month of decline, according to ECIA's Electronic Component Sales Trend survey.

STEINACH, SWITZERLAND – Variosystems has announced the acquisition of Schurter Solutions, the EMS division of the Swiss electronics components manufacturer Schurter.

AURORA, CO – Advanced Printed Circuit Technology, Advanced Circuits and San Diego PCB Design have combined to relaunch as AdvancedPCB.

MILPITAS, CA – Flex Interconnect Technologies (FIT) has launched its own circuit board assembly service, bolstering support for product development initiatives throughout North America.

ANDOVER, MA – Vicor has secured a preliminary injunction that prevents Foxconn subsidiaries from pursuing arbitration against Vicor before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.

BAC NINH, VIETNAM -- Foxconn will invest some $383 million in a printed circuit board manufacturing plant here, according to published reports.

DONG VAN WARD, HA NAM PROVINCE, VIETNAM -- Wistron is investing $24.5 million in a new campus for electronics assembly in northern Vietnam, local media are reporting, citing government filings.