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NEWS

July North American EMS Shipments Fell 4% YoY

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- North American electronics manufacturing services companies reported shipments in July fell 4.1% compared to 2024. Read More...

North American PCB Industry Shipments Up 21% in July

BANNOCKBURN, IL -- North American printed circuit board manufacturers reported July shipments rose 20.7% from last year. Read More...

Mike Buetow Receives 2025 PCEA Lifetime Achievement Award

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – OCTOBER 1, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Mike Buetow as the first individua... Read More...

September Industry Pulse Sales Sentiment Results Convey Continuing Optimism

ATLANTA -- Product sales sentiment among component manufacturers improved between August and September, suggesting the market might be on ve... Read More...

NOTE Expands UK Presence With Acquisition of Kasdon Group

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – NOTE has signed an agreement to acquire UK-based electronics contract manufacturer Kasdon Group, strengthening its posit... Read More...

Stephen Chavez Receives 2025 PCEA Leadership Award

SANTA CLARA, CA – SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Stephen V. Chavez as recipient of ... Read More...

Troy Hopkins Receives 2025 PCEA Membership Award

SANTA CLARA, CA – SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced Troy Hopkins as recipient of th... Read More...

V.S. Industry Posts $7 Million Full-Year Profit as Q4 Turns to Loss

JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA – V.S. Industry reported full-year revenue of $801 million for the period ended July 31, down from $899 million the pr... Read More...

Jabil Closes Fiscal Year Strong, Eyes $31.3 Billion Revenue in for 2026

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported preliminary, unaudited results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended on August 31, posting s... Read More...

FEATURES

Cold Paste, Hot Mess

Avoiding solder paste failures through proper handling and preparation. Our technical support team often sees the same preventable issues repeat themselves. Th... Read More...

Among PCB Design, Raises are Up, Benefits are Down and Deadlines Don’t Budge

Boards aren’t the only things getting more complex. Workloads are too. PCB designers are, by and large, a veteran crew. Many have been in the game for decades,... Read More...

Tracking Giants: Inside the World’s Top PCB Fabricators

From Shenzhen to Southeast Asia: The changing map of PCB production. Accurately investigating the revenues of the world’s largest PCB fabricators is confoundin... Read More...

The Growing Importance of DfX in AI Hardware

SMTAI Women’s Leadership Program highlights how technology shifts lead to greater opportunities for those with specialized skills. The need to develop new tech... Read More...

Smart Factory Evolution: Innovations in Automated Production

Maintaining stable production through error and predictive detection. As industry shifts from the Internet of things, entailing machine-to-machine (M2M) and pe... Read More...

Component Dynamics: Where Market Intelligence Meets Distribution

Component Dynamics is showing how independent distributors can guide their customers in tricky times. It’s well-established that the Covid component crisis for... Read More...

Cold Solder Joints

Why they occur, and what to do about them. Soldering, the process of joining two or more metals through the application of heat, has been around for millennia,... Read More...

Agentic AI: The Future of the Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain

Initiating complex workflows with simple text commands. The 21st century has stress-tested the global supply chain. Climate shocks and geopolitical flare-ups h... Read More...

The Hidden Potential of Excess and Obsolete Component Inventory

Recouping value from excess stock. If manufacturers understood the true value and opportunity of their excess and obsolete (E O) electronic component stock, th... Read More...