AUSTIN, TX – Flex has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Technical Systems, a specialist in power distribution and protection systems, for $325 million.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the technical program of PCB West held last week grew 9.6% year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today. Overall exhibition and conference registration rose nearly 4% for the annual event, which is held in the Silicon Valley each fall.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global smartphone shipments increased 4% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND – Cicor announced sales of CHF120.4 million ($139.6 million) in the third quarter, up 26.3% from the 2023's third quarter.

MCLEAN, VA – Orders of manufacturing technology in August dropped 12% from the same month last year, totaling $360.8 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology's US Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report.

STOCKHOLM – Note announced third-quarter sales of SEK809 million ($77.6 million), down 20% from 2023's third quarter.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Stephan Schmidt as recipient of the third annual PCEA Membership Award.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Susy Webb as recipient of the third annual PCEA Leadership Award.

TAIPEI – Foxconn announced NT$1.85 trillion ($57.3 billion) in revenue for the third quarter, a 20.2% increase and the highest revenue the company has ever reported for the quarter.

ATLANTA – The electronic component sales sentiment fell to 98.8 in September, marking a decrease of nearly 10 points from August and ending a two-month trend of positive sentiment, ECIA reported in its monthly Electronic Component Sales Trend survey results.

MILPITAS, CA – PCB and multi-chip module design software revenue grew 8.2% in the second quarter, totaling $399.2 million, according to the Electronic System Design Alliance's latest Electronic Design Market Data report.

HYDERABAD, INDIA – Indian electronics manufacturer Cyient DLM has announced the acquisition of US-based Altek Electronics.