PARIS – Catherine Cardinal-Simon from Thales Microelectronic won the IPC Hand Soldering Competition at IFTEC, taking home a cash prize of €300 and a JBC soldering station. She earned 443 points out of a possible 446.

TAIPEI – Foxconn and IDG Capital plan to raise $1.5 billion to seed startups in automotive technologies from self-driving AI to battery development, according to published reports.

SAN FRANCISCO – Awareness of green electronics is growing, but compliance is not.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A new report by IPC reveals cycles in demand for PCB prototypes that often differ from demand trends in regular or volume-production PCB sales.