News
MILWAUKEE, WI – Salaries for quality professionals in 2013 increased 1.58% after a year of flat growth in 2012, according to a new survey of 6,500 workers.
NORTH SOMERSET, UK -- A company run by Mardsen Smith shareholder Robert Smith has acquired the EMS company out of administration for £50,000, according to published reports. Smith is director of Virtuose Circuits, and is also Mardsen Smith's largest shareholder.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 3.6% year-over-year in October.
The 90-day average PCB orders increased 7% year-over-year, bringing year-to-date growth into positive territory at 0.1%, says IPC.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to surpass 1 billion units in 2013, representing 39.3% growth over 2012, IDC said. Despite a number of mature markets nearing smartphone saturation, the demand for low-cost computing in emerging markets continues to drive the smartphone market forward, the research firm stated.
MANIEMA PROVINCE, DRC -- Changes in local trade following the agreement to mine conflict-free metals in the Democratic Republic of Congo have had many positive impacts on the community, according to the promoters of a new mining traceability program.
SON, THE NETHERLANDS – Neways Electronics plans to terminate production activities at its subsidiary in Kassel, Germany, after a major fire in September brought all production at the site to a halt. The EMS company said that after an evaluation of its options, there's no alternative other than to terminate Neways Electronics Production's production activities.
HUDSON, NH – Contract assembler Altronics Manufacturing plans to increase its factory size by about 50% in order to accommodate system assembly and box build, the company told a local paper.
SOUTH AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND – Promation will establish a soldering lab here during the next year's first quarter to sell the company’s line of robotic soldering systems.
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The semiconductor and electronics OEM industries are set to enjoy significant revenue growth in 2013, partly due to their tight management of inventory levels, according to IHS. Among OEMs in six categories, total revenue in the third quarter reached an estimated $493 billion, up 7% from $462 billion in the second quarter. Revenue in the final quarter of the year is expected to climb at an even more blistering pace, reaching $540 billion with sequential growth of 10%.
BALVE, GERMANY – Balver Zinn has granted the rights to manufacture and distribute the SN100C alloy to a pair of Germany-based metals companies.
WASHINGTON -- Foxconn Technology Group is committing up to $40 million in new US manufacturing facilities and R&D, the company's chairman said Thursday.
Press Releases
- Avalon Technologies Expands PCB Assembly And Design Services To Meet Growing Demand In The Electronics Industry
- KYZEN to Promote Pair of Stencil Cleaning Chemistries at SMTA Chihuahua Expo & Tech Forum
- Nordson Electronics Solutions Completes its Europe Location Move to a New, State-of-the-Art Facility
- Ascentron Upgrades Entire Hand Soldering Line to Ersa i-CON 1 MK2