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. 

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in May were down 6.8% compared to the same month last year, IPC announced. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 0.95.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Abstracts for next year’s PCB East technical conference are due September 6, 2024, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) said today. The conference, the largest of its kind in New England, takes place next spring in the Boston suburbs, and focuses on training and best practices for printed circuit board design engineers, electronics design engineers, fabricators and assemblers.