WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales totaled $41.3 billion during the month of January 2023, a decrease of 5.2% compared to the December 2022 total of $43.6 billion and 18.5% less than the January 2022 total of $50.7 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments of AR/VR headsets declined 20.9% year over year to 8.8 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker.

KARLSTEIN AM MAIN, GERMANY – BMZ Group, a specialist in lithium-ion batteries, announced the acquisition of Visatronic GmbH, a Mainhausen, Germany-based EMS supplier.

OSAKA – SIIX saw fourth quarter sales of JPY75.1 billion ($547.6 million), an increase of 19.1% compared to the same quarter of 2021.