BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments in February were up 6.1% year-over-year and 3.9% sequentially, says IPC.

ATLANTA – The California Office of Health Hazard Assessment has proposed amendments to Proposition 65 regulations that would change labeling requirements for consumer products sold in the state. These changes threaten to disrupt manufacturing supply chains nationwide, says ECIA.

BEDLINGTON, UK – TT Electronics invested £1.6 million (US$2.2 million) to expand its component manufacturing facility here.

SODUS, NY – Pace Electronics is relocating to a $4 million 55,000 sq. ft. electronics manufacturing plant in Wayne County, NY, according to reports. The expansion is expected to create 15 new jobs, in addition to 28 already in place.

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $3.14 billion in billings worldwide in February, up 32% year-over-year and 3.2% sequentially, logging a record high for the second consecutive month, according to SEMI.

MINNEAPOLIS – Nortech Systems reported fourth quarter revenue of $23.8 million, down 22.7% year-over-year.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA -- Cambodia has greenlit a pair of investments totaling nearly $5 million combined in new electronics assembly plants, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC).

AUSTIN, TX -- Substrate capacity remains tight for both flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) substrates and laminate-based chip scale packages (CSPs). Substrate suppliers are adding capacity to meet the demand for FC-BGA substrates for server, graphics processor, and networking applications, but demand continues to outstrip supply.

MILPITAS, CA — The global semiconductor materials market grew 4.9% in 2020 to $55.3 billion in revenue, surpassing the previous market high of $52.9 billion set in 2018, SEMI reported today.

TAMPA, FL – Sypris Electronics reported revenue of $8.5 million in the fourth quarter, down 1.2% year-over-year.

WASHINGTON – The Semiconductor Industry Association this week applauded measures by US legislators to support semiconductor research and development.

SELBYVILLE, DE – It is estimated the integrated passive devices market will surpass $2 billion by 2026, according to Global Market Insights.