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.