TIJUANA, MEXICO -- Flex has opened a 530,000 sq. ft. medical device manufacturing facility and Center of Excellence here, calling it the "showcase" location for the EMS company's medical operations.
GENT, BELGIUM -- The caretaker of the Gerber electronics data transfer format is proposing efficiency improvements for handling fabrication and assembly panels.
SAN JOSE, CA – Ahead of its acquisition of Broadcom, Avago is selling its optical module unit to Foxconn for an undisclosed sum.
LYON, FRANCE – The volume of devices packaged using flip chip technology will double from 16 million wafers per year in 2014 to 32 million wafers per year in 2020, reaching $25 billion, says Yole Développement.
MONTERREY, MEXICO – Nortech Systems has launched printed circuit board assembly manufacturing at its facility here.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board orders grew 24.1% year-over-year in August, increasing year-to-date order growth to 6.2%. Orders were up 11.3% sequentially, says IPC.