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ATLANTA – The electronic components sales sentiment climbed to 82.2 points for the first month of the new year, according to the Electronic Components Industry Association's January Electronic Component Sales Trends Report, marking an increase from December's numbers and beating the ECIA's outlook for the month.

JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics announced sales of $436.7 million for its second quarter, an all-time quarterly high and an increase of 39% year-over-year.

BANGKOK – Fabrinet reported $668.7 million in revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal year, an increase of 18% compared to the $566.6 million for the same quarter last year.

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales totaled $573.5 billion in 2022, the highest-ever annual total and an increase of 3.2% compared to the 2021 total of $555.9 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today opened registration for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material, service, and software suppliers.

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments posted flat growth of 0.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022, totaling 45.7 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. For the full year 2022, the tablet market saw a decline of 3.3% year over year, ending two years of solid growth although shipments remain well above pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, Chromebook shipments continued to contract in 4Q22 with shipments totaling 3.6 million units for a year-over-year decline of 24.3%. Shipments for the full year were down 48% in 2022 after seeing 180.5% growth in 2021.