MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2021 surged 44% year-over-year to an all-time record of $102.6 billion, says SEMI.

PENANG – EMS firm Escatec appointed Ernest Sebak as chief executive officer, effective today.

NEVADA CITY, CA – Sales among the 50 largest electronics manufacturing services companies rose 9.9% year-over-year to $417 billion in 2021, according to a new report.

SELANGOR DARUL EHSANM, MALAYSIA -- LTKM Berhad, a leading chicken egg producer, today announced a composite proposal under which the company will divest its existing business and venture into electronics manufacturing services.

MUNICH -- Katek has signed a comprehensive, exclusive term sheet to acquire Canadian electronics manufacturing services provider SigmaPoint Technologies.

MILPITAS, CA -- Sales of printed circuit board and multichip module design software increased 13.9% to $333.7 million in the period ended Dec. 31, the ESD Alliance announced today.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The electronics manufacturing supply chain is already feeling the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War, according to new data from IPC.

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI, in partnership with Ignited Education, Foothill College and Krause Center for Innovation, has won a $1 million California Apprenticeship Initiative New and Innovative Grant for the development of a semiconductor pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship program to expand the pathway to careers in the microelectronics industry.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC is now accepting abstracts for technical paper presentations, technical posters, and professional development courses for IPC Apex Expo 2023. The technical conference will be held Jan. 21-26, 2023, and professional development courses will take place Jan. 24-26, 2023, at the San Diego Convention Center.

TECATE, MEXICO – VTech’s first EMS facility outside Asia is making progress toward establishing production.

KUALA LUMPUR – VS Industry posted fiscal second quarter net profit of RM44.5 million (US$10.5 million), down 30% year-over-year and up 13% sequentially.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE – Actia, All Circuits and Lacroix launched a three-year Power Electronic Manufacturing Services (PREMS) project to accelerate manufacturing of the power electronics of electric vehicles in France.