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Flex Raises Full Year Outlook on Record Q2

AUSTIN, TX – Flex reported strong results for its second quarter of fiscal 2026, posting $6.8 billion in net sales, up 4% year over year and... Read More...

Concord Control Systems Acquires 50% Stake in Fusion Electronics

LUCKNOW, INDIA – Concord Control Systems Limited has taken a step into advanced electronics manufacturing with the acquisition of a 50% equi... Read More...

Celestica Q3 Revenue Surges 28% YoY

TORONTO, CANADA – Celestica posted strong third-quarter results, with revenue climbing 28% year-over-year to $3.19 billion, exceeding the hi... Read More...

Ichia Technologies Opens RM490 Million PCB and Assembly Facility at Kulim Hi-Tech Park

KEDAH, MALAYSIA – Ichia Technologies has inaugurated its second state-of-the-art facility at Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP). The $102 million inv... Read More...

Global Silicon Wafer Shipments to Rise 5.4% YoY

MILPITAS, CA – Global silicon wafer shipments are projected to rebound 5.4%, rising from 12,165 million square inches (MSI) in 2024 to 12,82... Read More...

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Inks Deal to Acquire Micromax

WATERBURY, CT – Element Solutions, the parent company of MacDermid Alpha Electronics, on Oct. 28 announced a definitive agreement with Celan... Read More...

Cicor Acquires EMS Sites in US, Morocco from Valtronic

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND – Cicor Group on Oct. 27 signed an agreement to acquire two production sites from Valtronic. Read More...

PCEA Announces PCB West 2026 Dates and Booth Sales Open for Returning Exhibitors

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – October 27, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today dates for the PCB West (https://w... Read More...

Global Smartphone Shipments Grow 2.6% in Q3

NEEDHAM, MA – Global smartphone shipments climbed 2.6% year-over-year to 322.7 million units in the third quarter, according to preliminary ... Read More...

FEATURES

Cold Paste, Hot Mess

Avoiding solder paste failures through proper handling and preparation. Our technical support team often sees the same preventable issues repeat themselves. Th... Read More...

Among PCB Design, Raises are Up, Benefits are Down and Deadlines Don’t Budge

Boards aren’t the only things getting more complex. Workloads are too. PCB designers are, by and large, a veteran crew. Many have been in the game for decades,... Read More...

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...

Component Dynamics: 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...