BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PCB orders in August increased 2.4% year-over-year, but this growth was not enough to bring year-to-date orders back to positive territory, says IPC. Year-to-date orders as of August were down 0.7%. Sequentially, however, orders increased 37.1%.

FREMONT, CA – Bay Area Circuits will host a Manufacturing Day on Oct. 7 here for the third consecutive year.

MONTREAL – Future Electronics has partnered with CalcuQuote to create a platform for electronics manufacturing companies to instantly query price and availability information from the component distributor's data feed.

ATLANTA, GA – UP Media Group seeks abstracts for PCB West 2017, to be held September 12 - 14, 2017, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.

MINNEAPOLIS - The SMTA today announced Jeff Kennedy as its next president, succeeding Bill Barthel.

BALTIMORE -- Zentech Manufacturing today announced the acquisition of an electronics design engineering company, extending the EMS company's reach into front-end services.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil Circuit reported fiscal fourth quarter net revenue ended Aug. 31 of $4.4 billion, down 5.3% year-over-year.

HERNDON, VA – On Sept. 28, iNEMI and Binghamton University will host a webinar on assessing the reliability of lead-free solder joints.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Registration is open for ACE Production Technologies’ introductory selective soldering workshop, to be held here Oct. 18-19.

LONDON – Enterprise wearable scanner shipments will reach nearly 22 million by 2021, increasing from seven million in 2016, according to ABI Research.

LONDON – The iPhone 7 equipped with 32Gb of NAND flash memory carries $219.80 in bill of materials costs, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil has begun a lay off about 400 staff members globally, including nearly 100 at its headquarters here.