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NEWS

AI Server Shipments Seen Rising Over 28% in 2026

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Global AI server shipments are forecast to grow more than 28% year over year in 2026, driven by continued investment from N... Read More...

Nano Dimension Q4 Revenue Beats Guidance by Up to 6%

WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension reported preliminary, unaudited fourth quarter 2025 revenue of $35.0 million to $35.5 million, exceeding its pr... Read More...

PCEA Names Andy Shaughnessy Content Architect

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today named Andy Shaughnessy its first content architect. Read More...

Inventec Commits $136 Million to Expand Thailand Footprint

TAIPEI – Inventec said it will invest approximately $136 million to expand production capacity at its Thailand operations, reflecting accele... Read More...

SEMI Issues Statement On U.S. Presidential Proclamations On Tariffs For Advanced Semiconductors And Critical Minerals

WASHINGTON, DC – Following yesterday's White House announcement regarding Section 232 presidential proclamations affecting semiconductors an... Read More...

Foxconn Acquires Belkin and Subsidiary Brands for $866 Million

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (FIT), an affiliate of Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, has agreed to ac... Read More...

PC Shipments Rose 9% in 2025 as Memory Constraints Cloud 2026 Outlook

LONDON, UK – Global PC shipments rebounded in 2025, but tightening memory and storage supply is expected to weigh on growth this year, accor... Read More...

Siemens Acquires Aster Technologies to Expand PCB Test Engineering Capabilities

PLANO, TEXAS – Siemens has acquired Aster Technologies, a specialist in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) test verification and engineer... Read More...

PCB East 2026 Show Floor 90% Sold Out

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – January 12, 2026 – The exhibition hall floor space for PCB East (http://www.PCBEast.com) 2026 is more than 90% sold out... 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...