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BANNOCKBURN, IL – March PCB shipments among North American fabricators rose 9.5% year-over-year, while bookings jumped 11.2%. Rigid shipments were up 9.5%, and flex shipments were up 9.7%, said IPC.
BREDA, HOLLAND – Cobar Europe BV, member of the Balver Zinn Group and supplier of solder pastes, fluxes, and other electronics soldering materials, has acquired a global license to distribute solder pastes and wire using the SN100C alloy developed by Nihon Superior Co. Ltd.
The license permits Cobar Europe and Cobar Solder Products to sell SN100C solder paste and wire in specific territories allocated by Nihon Superior.
No financial terms were disclosed.
SN100C is a patented nickel stabilized tin/copper alloy that is based on the eutectic 99.3% tin 0.7% copper with a trace amount of nickel.
ANGLETON, TX – Contract manufacturer Benchmark Electronics Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $22.6 million, down about 8% year-over-year.
NEENAH, WI – EMS provider Plexus Corp. reported second-quarter revenue of $451 million, up 20% year-over-year.
SAN JOSE, CA – EMS provider Sanmina-Sci Corp. reported its second-quarter loss narrowed to $24.4 million, from $26.1 million in the same period last year.
Adjusted net income was $28.2 million.
Revenue was $1.82 billion, up a slight 1.6% year-over-year, the company said.
PHOENIX – Electronics distributor Avnet Inc. reported revenue for the fiscal third quarter was $4.42 billion, up 13.3% compared to the same period last year.
Net income was $107.2 million, up 1.9% year-over-year.
