BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC announced that North American Printed Circuit Board shipments in September 2022 were up 14.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to August, September shipments rose 17.9%. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.12.

PCB year-to-date bookings in September were down 2.6% compared to last year. However, bookings in September increased 52% from the previous month.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC has announced that North American Electronics Manufacturing Services shipments in September were up 15.5% compared to the same month last year. Compared to August, September shipments decreased 0.1%. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.29.

EMS bookings in September increased 21.1% year-over-year and increased 18.1% from the previous month.

WILLIAMSPORT, PA — Spartronics' new electronic contract manufacturing facility in Binh Duong City, Vietnam will be opening for production in December.

The company said the new facility will offer 270,000 sq. ft. of space – a significant increase from the current 60,000 sq. ft facility – for manufacturing commercial airspace, medical, life science, and industrial applications, giving new and current customers the space to expand. The new building will offer the same technical and manufacturing capabilities the current facility offers, but on a much larger scale.

OULU, FINLAND — Scanfil reported that its turnover for the quarter was EUR 211.9 million, an increase of 26.3% compared to the same quarter in 2021, while turnover for January–September was EUR 621.4 million, an increase of 23.3% compared to the previous year.

Scanfil estimates that its turnover for 2022 will be EUR 800–880 million.

HELSINKI — Incap reported revenue growth of 50% for the quarter, with this year's third-quarter earnings coming in at EUR 70.6 million (US$70.6 million).

Year-to-date revenue for the company also saw an increase, with this year's totaling EUR 185.1 million compared to the EUR 118.3 million in revenue from January to September of 2021. Incap estimates that its revenue for 2022 will be significantly higher than in 2021 – totaling EUR 262–270 million.

TEMPE, AZ — Benchmark reported that it saw revenues of $772 million for the third quarter, marking year-over-year growth of 35%.

The company's higher-value market revenues were up 29% year-over-year from strength in the Industrials, Medical and Semi-Cap sectors. Traditional market revenues were up 60% year-over-year from strength in both Computing and Telecommunications sectors. For the last quarter of the year, Benchmark anticipates revenues between $760 million and $800 million.

SAN JOSE, CA — Flex announced that it brought in $7.8 billion in net sales for the second quarter of its fiscal year.

For the third quarter of its fiscal year, the company's outlook includes $7.3 billion to $7.7 billion in revenue, for a total anticipated revenue of $29.1 billion to $30.1 billion for the entire fiscal year.

"The Flex team delivered solid results, highlighted by strong growth from our diverse customer portfolio and another quarter of record adjusted EPS," said Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex. "Looking ahead, the secular tailwinds that support our strategy, remain in our favor and continues to provide us with confidence that we'll be able to deliver on our longer-term goals."

NEENAH, WI — Plexus reported record revenues of $1.12 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, and revenues of $3.81 billion for the entire 2022 fiscal year.

Looking to the future, the company anticipates revenues of $1.08 billion to $1.13 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.

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BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY — Kitron has reported third-quarter revenues of NOK 1.66 billion (US$161 million), which doubles the company's reported revenues of NOK 831 million (US$80 million) in the third quarter of 2021.

The company said the revenue growth reflects both the acquisition of Danish EMS provider BB Electronics AS and underlying growth for other business units.

CLINTON, NY — Indium Corporation has opened a new 37,500 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia.

Earlier this year, the company announced an investment of RM250 million for its expansion in Malaysia with the new manufacturing facility for its solder paste, thermal materials, and engineered solder products. The new facility has already begun its manufacturing activities, and is meant to expand Indium's production capacity for its customers in Malaysia and the surrounding region, including Thailand and Vietnam.

TORONTO — Celestica has announced that it saw third-quarter revenues of $1.92 billion, an increase of 31% compared to the $1.47 billion in revenues for the third quarter of 2021.