MILPITAS, CA — For the first time in over two years, monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers are down year-over-year. Semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November (three-month average basis), down 5.3% year-over-year and 4.2% sequentially, according to SEMI.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – This week IPC commended the US Senate’s vote to enact a criminal justice reform bill called the First Step Act.

ZURICH -- Enics president and CEO Hannu Keinänen will step down at year-end, the EMS company announced.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal first quarter 2019 net revenue of $6.5 billion, an increase of 16.5% year-over-year.

NEW YORK – The electronics manufacturing services market is expected to exceed more than $675 billion by 2024, a CAGR of 7.5%, says Market Research Engine.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The producers of IPC Apex Expo have selected a paper by a Nokia researcher as the best technical paper of the upcoming conference.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The 2018 DRAM market is expected to show an increase of 39%, compared to 77% growth in 2017, says IC Insights.

LONDON – The global automotive transmission electronics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 10% during 2018-2022, says Technavio.

CHICAGO – The automated optical inspection system market is estimated to be worth $444 million in 2018 and is expected to reach $1.64 billion by 2024, a CAGR of 24.3% during 2018-2024, says MarketsandMarkets.

AUSTIN, TX – A major market trend in wearable electronics is the shift to smartwatches, which have surpassed shipment numbers for wristbands, says TechSearch International.

TOKYO – Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 9.7% to $62.1 billion in 2018, a new record. The equipment market is expected to contract 4% percent in 2019 but grow 20.7% to reach $71.9 billion in 2020, an all-time high, says SEMI.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide enterprise storage systems vendor revenue increased 19.4% year-over-year to $14 billion during the third quarter, says International Data Corp. Total capacity shipments were up 57.3% year-over-year to 113.9EB.