BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in February were down 11.6% compared to the same month last year, IPC announced in its February findings from the North American PCB Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.07.

AUSTIN, TX – East/West Manufacturing Enterprises has announced the promotion of Richard Tsukano to the position of president.

TÄBY, SWEDEN – Mycronic's Global Technologies division has signed an agreement to acquire Vanguard Automation, a German company that has developed a technology and automated equipment for 3-D microfabrication of optical interconnects.

WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension reported record revenue of $56.3 million in 2023, an increase of 29% compared to 2022.

MINNEAPOLIS – Nortech Systems' $193.3 million in full-year sales represented a 3.9% growth from the previous year.

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – VDL is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam, with an anticipated opening in early 2025.

CHATSWORTH, CA – NEOTech has promoted Emilio Ramirez to the position of chief technology officer.

MUNICH – Katek will enter into a delisting agreement with Kontron following Kontron's acquisition of a controlling stake in the company earlier this year.

TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics has announced the departure of CFO Roop K. Lakkaraju, who will remain in his current role until April 1.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments for gaming PCs suffered the same fate as the overall PC market in 2023 with the gaming category declining 13.2% year over year to 44 million units for the year, but gaming monitors were able to buck the trend as lower pricing helped drive volume and resulted in gaming monitors growing 20.3% during the year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker.

TAIPEI – Foxconn is planning to use proceeds from a subsidiary's IPO to fund 7.3 billion yuan ($4 billion) in projects.

MILPITAS, CA – Global 300mm fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is forecast to reach a record $137 billion in 2027 after topping $100 billion for the first time by 2025, SEMI highlighted in its quarterly 300mm Fab Outlook Report to 2027 report.