AUSTIN, TX – Flex reported a quarterly revenue of $6.4 billion, up 1.6% year-over-year.

THAILAND – SVI Public Company Limited reported a net profit of $3.9 million for the first quarter. The company faced a 17.2% year-over-year revenue decline, mainly due to economic uncertainty.

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron has introduced its Reliability and Solutions (R&S) service for printed circuit assembly failure analysis. The service covers design to high-volume production.

TAIWAN – Foxconn reported record consolidated revenue of $21.3 billion for April, up 16.1% from March and 25.5% year-over-year. The growth was driven by strong shipments of AI cloud products, particularly components tied to Nvidia’s GB200 platform, including GPU modules and full system assemblies.

WASHINGTON – Semiconductor sales of $167.7 billion in the first quarter, up 18.8% from the same time the previous year, but down 2.8% from the previous quarter, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported.

ATLANTA -- Calling the tariffs levied by the US and China "crippling," the Electronic Components Industry Association said sales sentiment plummeted in April.

It’s not often you get the chance to talk shop with Hayao Nakahara, Gene Weiner, Tom Kastner and David Schild. When you do, you’re best off sitting back and listening.

That was the order of the day during the PCB East conference last month. Under the auspices of another media group, I was asked to moderate a panel on the future of PCB manufacturing in North America. And while journalists are often thought of as the seers of the industry, we are, in fact, more purveyors of others’ insights, versus prognosticators in our own right.

GLENVIEW, IL – The electronics unit of Illinois Tool Works reported revenue of $652 million, with operating income of $139 million and an operating margin of 21.4%.

TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics reported first quarter revenue of $632 million, a 6.5% year-over-year decline, missing expectations by $8.24 million. Despite the drop, the company delivered operating income of $29 million and generated over $27 million in free cash flow.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The annual PCB East conference, featuring more than 75 hours of in-depth electronics engineering training, opens today at the Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Boxborough, MA, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA)announced.

TORONTO –  Celestica reported first quarter revenue of $2.65 billion, a 20% increase from first quarter 2024.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American EMS shipments in March were up 0.2% compared to the same month last year, according to IPC's findings from its North American EMS Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.37, up from 1.27 in February.