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November EMS Data Shows Short-Term Pullback

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The Global Electronics Association reported a short-term pullback in North American electronics manufacturing services act... Read More...

November PCB Data Signals Sustained Growth

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The Global Electronics Association reported continued growth in the North American printed circuit board market in Novembe... Read More...

Foxconn Q4 Revenue Up 22.1% YoY

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Foxconn reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter revenue as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerated, u... Read More...

TrendForce Cuts 2026 Notebook Shipment Outlook as Memory Costs Squeeze Demand

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – TrendForce has revised its 2026 global notebook shipment forecast downward, now expecting a 5.4% year-over-year decline to ... Read More...

Global Technologies Acquires German PCB Test Probe Supplier ETZ

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Mycronic’s Global Technologies division has acquired ETZ, a Germany-based manufacturer of test probes used in electrical... Read More...

Jabil Raises Full-Year Outlook

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil has raised its full-year fiscal 2026 outlook, citing stronger-than-expected demand across key end markets, partic... Read More...

Foxconn Plans $510 Million Kaohsiung Headquarters Investment

KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN – Foxconn is set to invest T$15.9 billion ($510 million) to develop a new headquarters complex in Kaohsiung, strengthening... Read More...

2026 Smartphone Shipments Cut as Memory Shortages Drive Costs Higher

SEOUL, BEIJING, TAIPEI, LONDON, NEW DELHI – Global smartphone shipments are now expected to decline 2.1% in 2026 as surging memory prices pu... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Set to Hit $156 Billion by 2027

TOKYO, JAPAN – Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are projected to reach a record $156 billion in 2027, according to SEMI’s ... Read More...

FEATURES

A Comparison of Stencil Capabilities

How do modern stencil materials and coatings influence transfer efficiency and volume repeatability as SMT features continue to shrink? The key indicators of S... Read More...

The Marketplace for Untapped Inventory

Where excess inventory stops being clutter and starts being currency. For years, companies have treated excess electronic components like an embarrassing secre... Read More...

Building Relationships with Technology

Treating technology as a human replacement strategy is a recipe for failure. Here’s the questions you should be asking. I have good news: Your board just appro... Read More...

The Victory Plan Reborn: How the DoW is Mobilizing the Electronics Industrial Base

Innovation gets applause, manufacturing gets contracts. We’re almost out of time. That is the message underlying US Department of War Secretary Peter Hegseth’s... Read More...

Nexperia Crisis Exposes Hidden Fragility in the PCB Supply Chain

Just when the industry thought the shortage saga was over, the parts giant hit refresh on the chaos. The global electronics industry faces another shortage sit... Read More...

Beyond the Gerbers: How Unstructured Data Drives PCB Cost and Lead Time

The real bottleneck isn’t the layout; it’s decoding those half-hidden specs stuffed into a PDF. Every electronics engineer and PCB designer knows the feeling: ... Read More...

From Boards to Assemblies: Precision PCB’s Journey to In-House Manufacturing

How a longtime PCB supplier became a contract manufacturer. More than a handful of US-based printed circuit board fabricators offer some degree of assembly in ... Read More...

Outsourcing Electronics Product Design and Development

Nine critical checks for OEMs to avoiding bottlenecks. Established OEMs with ambitious growth goals often hit a wall as they expand their product ranges. Inter... Read More...

On Flying, Finding and the Trade Show Floor

Somewhere between the badge scanner beep and missing business cards, community happens. I’ve been reading to my son before bed lately. And now that we’ve (merc... Read More...