WASHINGTON – ITI called on Congress to pass bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act to educate students with the skills and education needed to pursue good-paying technical jobs in information technology and advanced manufacturing.

LOGAN, UTAH — EMS provider Inovar last week broke ground on a 100,000 sq. ft. facility at Utah State University.

FRANKFURT -- The world market for medical electronics will grow 6% in 2017 and 2018, respectively, a new forecast asserts.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- AI is no longer limited to science fiction and movies, with significant strides being made in cloud processing, storage capacity, and machine learning algorithms to enable computer systems to surpass humans in winning strategy games and television shows.

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Jim Raby, a legend in electronics soldering, passed away this morning.

MILPITAS, CA — The 90-day moving average sales at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 6.4% sequentially, a new report from SEMI said.

KENOSHA, WI -- Foxconn is said to be looking a 1,000 acre sites south of Milwaukee for a multi-billion dollar electronics assembly plant.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Ahead of the Trump administration’s upcoming negotiations with Canada and Mexico on NAFTA, IPC is offering its take on how the negotiators should proceed.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal third quarter 2017 net revenue of $4.5 billion, up 4.1% year-over-year. The electronics manufacturer posted a net loss for the quarter of $25.7 million, compared to net income of $5.8 million the same quarter of 2016.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Spurred by new construction of semiconductor fabrication plants, spending on fab equipment will set records this year and next, according to the latest World Fab Forecast report. 

HAMPSHIRE, UK --  Smart toy sales will reach $15.5 billion in hardware and app content revenues by 2022, up from an estimated $4.9 billion in 2017, a new report from Juniper Research forecasts.

NEENAH, WI -- Plexus announced the expansion of its Engineering Solutions business in the US and Mexico, expanding an existing site and opening a second one.