QUEBEC – Ampère Proto shut down operations permanently here May 11 because of a lack of staff and components, according to reports.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Sixty-four percent of experts recently polled believe 5G will become mainstream in the next one to three years; 59% strongly agreed 5G transitions will create opportunities for new telecom companies; and 42% strongly believe a “killer app” will propel 5G’s true potential, according to results from Jabil’s 2022 global 5G survey.

CHAMPAIGN, IL – A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working with PragmatIC Semiconductor, developed the first commercially viable flexible plastic microprocessor chips, called FlexiCores, that can be manufactured at scale for less than a penny per unit.

BARRIE, ON – SMT Industrial Supply opened a 2,200 sq. ft. demo facility here and expanded its PCB recycling center in Orillia, ON.

ROYAL OAK, MI – Pektron recently completed a new technology center here and has now received planning approval for the construction on a new manufacturing facility onsite. The new manufacturing unit will provide 35,800 sq. ft. of floor space.

KENOSHA, WI — Promation opened a new, larger demo facility here.

SENAI, MALAYSIA – V.S. Industry Berhad reported fiscal third quarter revenue of MYR 927.6 million (US$210.5 million), down 13.7% year-over-year.

NOIDA, INDIA – Dixon Technologies reported fiscal fourth quarter revenue from operations was Rs 29.5 billion (US$377.7 million), up 40% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB year-to-date orders in May were down 9.2% year-over-year and 10.3% sequentially, according to IPC.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Total North American EMS shipments in May were up 9.4% year-over-year and 0.6% sequentially, according to IPC.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC’s draft version of IPC-1402, Standard for Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing, is open for public review through July 15.

VEJLE, DENMARK -- Europe's EMS industry was shaken up today as GPV and Enics announced a pending merger to form the continent's second-largest EMS company with more than 7,500 employees and annual revenue of more than DKK 7 billion ($990 million).