PHOENIX -- Merck will acquire Versum Materials for $6.4 billion plus $570 million in debt, the German pharmaceutical giant announced today.

WUXI, CHINA -- Neways Electronics has moved to another building with its manufacturing facility in China.

LIBERTY LAKE, WA – Nordson Select has moved its headquarters and North American operations into a new facility here.  

MILPITAS, CA – The global semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% in 2018, propelling semiconductor materials revenue to $51.9 billion, eclipsing the previous high of $47.1 billion set in 2011, according to SEMI.

NEVADA CITY, CA – In 2018, the top 50 EMS companies worldwide recorded $333 billion in revenue, according to New Venture Research’s newsletter Manufacturing Market Insider, up 10.6% year-over-year.

NESS ZIONA, ISRAEL – Nano Dimension today announced the world’s first side-mounting technology for additively manufactured printed circuit boards (PCBs).

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems today reported fourth quarter net sales rose 12.5% year-over-year to $28.8 million.

DETROIT -- SAE International has released the latest revision of the mitigation standard for mitigating counterfeit electronics parts in repaired products.

TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN -- MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions officially opened its $4 million Global Development Application Center here this week.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn reported a net profit of NT$62.6 billion ($2.03 billion) in the fourth quarter, down 12.6% year-over-year.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil today opened its newest Innovation Center, a 40,000 sq. ft. site here near the company headquarters. 

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets are forecast to reach 8.9 million units in 2019, up 54.1% from 2018, according to IDC.