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August Sentiment Slips but Q3 Outlook Signals Strong Finish for the Year

WASHINGTON, DC – The latest ECIA Industry Pulse survey shows a decline in August sales sentiment, with the overall index falling from 121.6 ... Read More...

Smartphone Production Climbs 4%

WASHINGTON, DC – Global smartphone production reached 300 million units in the second quarter, marking a 4% quarter-over-quarter and 4.8% ye... Read More...

Videoton EAS Bulgaria Expands Into Automotive Electronics Production

STARA ZAGORA, BULGARIA – Videoton EAS’s Bulgarian subsidiary, VEAS Bulgaria, has officially entered the automotive sector with the launch of... Read More...

Variosystems Relaunches Southlake Facility

SOUTHLAKE, TX – Variosystems has relaunched its 65,000 sq-ft facility in Southlake, Texas, expanding its North American electronics manufact... Read More...

Flextronics Invests €5M in Hungary R&D

HUNGARY – Flextronics will invest €5 million in research and development at its Zalaegerszeg facility, growing its footprint in Hungary’s el... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Climb 20.6% in July

WASHINGTON, DC – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported that global semiconductor sales reached $62.1 billion in July, a 20.6... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Rise 24% YoY in Q2

WASHINGTON – SEMI announced that global semiconductor equipment billings reached $33.07 billion in the second quarter, representing a 24% ye... Read More...

Hon Hai Sales Strength Reflects Growth in AI and EV Expansion

TAIPEI – Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) posted August sales of NT$606.51 billion, an 11% year-on-year increase YoY. The company’s grow... Read More...

Inventec to Establish New US Manufacturing Facility in Katy, Texas

Inventec is set to establish a presence in Katy, Texas, with renovations beginning this fall on its first US facility in the region. The com... Read More...

FEATURES

Tracking Giants: Inside the World’s Top PCB Fabricators

From Shenzhen to Southeast Asia: The changing map of PCB production. Accurately investigating the revenues of the world’s largest PCB fabricators is confoundin... Read More...

The Growing Importance of DfX in AI Hardware

SMTAI Women’s Leadership Program highlights how technology shifts lead to greater opportunities for those with specialized skills. The need to develop new tech... Read More...

Smart Factory Evolution: Innovations in Automated Production

Maintaining stable production through error and predictive detection. As industry shifts from the Internet of things, entailing machine-to-machine (M2M) and pe... Read More...

Where Market Intelligence Meets Distribution

Component Dynamics is showing how independent distributors can guide their customers in tricky times. It’s well-established that the Covid component crisis for... Read More...

Cold Solder Joints

Why they occur, and what to do about them. Soldering, the process of joining two or more metals through the application of heat, has been around for millennia,... Read More...

Agentic AI: The Future of the Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain

Initiating complex workflows with simple text commands. The 21st century has stress-tested the global supply chain. Climate shocks and geopolitical flare-ups h... Read More...

The Hidden Potential of Excess and Obsolete Component Inventory

Recouping value from excess stock. If manufacturers understood the true value and opportunity of their excess and obsolete (E O) electronic component stock, th... Read More...

When Do You Need Nitrogen in Reflow?

Hint: A good process might be enough. Nitrogen in reflow soldering is often seen as a performance enhancer – offering improved wetting, shinier joints and fewe... Read More...

Breaking the Six Sigma Wall with Causal AI

How Siemens lowered its PCB assembly defect rate through linked data analysis. The introduction of causal AI has opened a new chapter in PCB production. As par... Read More...