SAN DIEGO – Feb. 14, 2017 – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the winners of its 2017 Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers. CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY recognized companies that received the highest customer service ratings, as judged by their own customers, during a ceremony at IPC Apex Expo in San Diego.

SAN DIEGO – FEB. 14, 2017 – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY and PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND FAB announced the winners of the 2017 New Product Introduction Awards for electronics assembly equipment, materials, software, and PCB fabrication.

VERN SUR SEICHE, FRANCE -- Lacroix Electronics reported December quarter sales fell 5% to 70.6 million euros.

​​​​​​​ROME, NY – The ESD Association released four new standards documents:

CHICAGO -- There were 26 EMS transactions recorded in 2016, down one from 2015, according to a new report from Lincoln International.

VANCOUVER -- Pacific Insight Electronics reported consolidated revenues for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 2.1% from a year ago to C$29.8 million ($22.7 million).

WASHINGTON -- A pair of US congressmen have reintroduced an e-waste bill designed to combat counterfeit electronics. 

CLEVELAND -- A team of scientists at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently completed a technology demonstration that could enable new scientific missions to the surface of Venus.

TAIPEI – Global all-in-one PC shipments dropped 4.8% year-over-year to 12.1 million units in 2016, the third consecutive year of declines, according to Digitimes Research.

SINGAPORE – Apple set a new quarterly shipment record in the fourth quarter, contributing 6 million smartphone shipments to a global total of more than 9 million units. Apple’s smartphone shipments grew 12% year-over-year.

TEMPE, AZ -- Amtech Systems reported fiscal first quarter net revenue of $29.1 million, up 31% from a year ago. Solar demand made up $11.4 million of sales, with sales of equipment for SMT and semiconductor processing making up the difference.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics today reported fiscal first quarter revenues of $21 million, down 36.3% from a year ago, on lower demand from two key customers.