KULIM, MALAYSIA – Rapid Manufacturing has announced a new facility here to serve in the aerospace, telecommunication, medical, semiconductor, automotive, and industrial automation sectors, as well as house a regional center to set up a center of excellence.

TAIPEI – Foxconn's overall sales in May rose by 5% in from April's totals because of shipment growth in smart consumer electronics devices, but the NT$450.73 billion ($14.68 billion) earned for the month marked a 9.45% decrease from May 2022.

SAINT-HERBLAIN, FRANCE – Lacroix has partially restarted production at its plants in France, Germany and Tunisia after they were disrupted by a cyberattack in mid-May. The company expects production to return to normal after a gradual ramp-up.

NEEDHAM, MA – According to a new forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global shipments of smartphones will decline 3.2% in 2023, totaling 1.17 billion units for the year.

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals grew 2.2% year over year to 22.8 million units in the first quarter. Shipment value also expanded 14% year over year during the quarter to $11 billion, according to new data from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker.

BEIJING – The worldwide EV market reached almost 11 million units, with a penetration rate of 14% in 2022, according to the latest report from IDC's Worldwide Semiconductor Automotive Ecosystem and Supply Chain. Driven by improved supply, high oil prices, government subsidies, and price-guaranteed promotions by car companies, China’s electronic vehicle market reached almost 7 million units with a penetration rate of 31.3% last year.

BANGKOK – Hana Microelectronics reported first-quarter revenue of THB6.47 billion ($186 million), a 6% increase from the first quarter of 2022.

TOKYO – UMC Electronics announced fiscal year sales of JPY161.7 billion ($1.15 billion), an increase of 20.2% from its previous fiscal year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in April were up 12.1% compared to the same month last year, IPC’s North American Printed Circuit Board Statistical Program reported. Compared to the preceding month, April shipments were down 18.4%.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in April were up 14.3% compared to the same month last year, according to the findings from IPC's North American Electronics Manufacturing Services Statistical Program. Compared to the preceding month, April shipments increased 5.5%. 

ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced significant updates to the JEP30 PartModel Guidelines, including all reference documents and related XML Schema files. JEP30 and its constituent documents are available for free download from the JEDEC website.

QUEBEC – Fabrique Manic, a provider of PCB assembly services in SMT and thru-hole batches, has opened in Quebec. Located in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, just outside of Quebec City, the company was founded by two colleagues already working in the tech field.