STAMFORD, CT – Gartner estimates more than 5 billion mobile phones are used around the world. After years of growth, the worldwide smartphone market has reached a tipping point. Sales of smartphones will decline 3.2% in 2019, which would be the worst decline the category has seen.

WARWICKSHIRE, UK — The IPC Hand Soldering Competition took place this month here, where first prize went to Justyna Mikolajczyk, Zettlex.

MORRISVILLE, NC – iNEMI will hold a series of webinars next month on a program to identify key technology gaps for assembling advanced packages with large form factors and support their adoption.

LONDON – The global in-circuit test market is estimated at $1.2 billion in 2019 and will increase at a CAGR of ~9% during the forecast period of 2019-2029, according to Future Market Insights.