SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Global GDP growth is an increasingly important driver of IC market growth, according to IC Insights.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil is launching Jabil Engineered Materials to develop, validate and bring engineered materials for additive manufacturing to the market.

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- An IPC subcommittee has unanimously approved a pending standard for connected factory data exchange. 

ATLANTA, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazine today announced STI Electronics as its EMS Company of the Year for 2018.

LASNAMAE, ESTONIA – Éolane’s subsidiary here opened a 118,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Lasnamäe, Tallinn. The second-largest France-based EMS provider now employs 500 workers in Estonia, where it says further expansion is coming.

HACKENSACK, NJ – Master Bond is offering a white paper that explains the importance of low CTE adhesives.

NELSON, BC, CANADA -- Pacific Insight will close its plant here and move all production to its facility in Mexico by the end of April, the company said.

NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported fiscal first quarter revenue of $765.5 million, up 13% year-over-year and down 0.73% sequentially.

ALPHARETTA, GA – The Electronic Components Industry Association updated its 2-D barcode labeling specification.

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO -- All Circuits opened a new factory here on Friday, part of its strategy to become a global EMS company.

TAIPEI CITY – Total capital expenditures in the global NAND flash industry is expected to be $22 billion in 2019, down about 2% year-over-year, says DRAMeXchange.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Fourth quarter shipments of traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) totaled more than 68.1 million units, down 3.7% year-over-year, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC).