STOCKHOLM – Mycronic AB announced on June 3 that its Global Technologies division has acquired Surfx Technologies, a US-headquartered provider of atmospheric plasma solutions used in advanced electronics manufacturing.

WASHINGTON – The three-month moving average semiconductor sales rose 22.7% in April from a year ago, reaching $57 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced.

TAIPEI – Wistron plans to raise up to $923 million through a global depository share offering, with shares to be listed in Luxembourg. The Top 5 EMS/ODM company will offer up to 250 million shares priced between $36.20 and $36.93 each.

ATLANTA, GA – After a steep projected decline in April, component industry sentiment stabilized in May, according to just-published results from ECIA’s Electronic Component Sales Trend (ECST) survey.

Among the many surprises at PCB East this spring was the appearance of a pair of scientists from a semi-obscure (to we laypeople) government contractor called, obliquely, JLab.

JLab is shorthand for Jefferson Lab, or its official name, the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF). The facility is operated on behalf of the US Department of Energy, which has a budget larger than Jabil or Flex, and oversees, among other things, the US nuclear arsenal.

Now, in the event you haven’t been paying attention, the US government has been in the media kind of often of late, for reasons too numerous for this page to detail. But one big newsworthy item has been the administration’s efforts to change the federal government’s budget priorities.