PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the PCB East 2024 conference and exhibits rose 18% overall year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association announced today. Conference registration was up 12% from last year, while the expo-only trade show registration rose 9% over the same period.
NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality headsets declined 67.4% year over year in the first quarter, according to new data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker.
TAIPEI – Smartphone production grew 18.7% year over year in the first quarter with a total of 296 million units shipped, but is projected to decline 5-10% in the second quarter due to inventory adjustments, TrendForce reported.
BOSTON – SMTA's Boston chapter will meet in person on June 25, with two presentations set for attendees: "The Impact of Ultra HDI Fabrication Technology on PCB Assembly" presented by Chrys Shea, and "SMT Specification Performance in PCB Assembly" presented by Mike Sivigny.
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Keytronic is notifying potentially affected parties and regulatory agencies of a data breach that saw more than 500GB of its data stolen.
OULU, FINLAND – Scanfil has adjusted its projected turnover and operating downward for 2024, with a new forecast of EUR780 million to EUR840 million ($835 million to $899.2 million) in turnover and an operating profit of EUR 54 million to EUR61 million ($57.8 million to $65.3 million).