MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) reported first-quarter net income of $4.5 million, up 36.4% year over year, as improved factory utilization and cost-cutting efforts helped offset weaker demand in some mobility-related markets.
Read more ...SPOKANE VALLEY, WA -- Key Tronic reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $89.6 million, down from $112 million a year earlier, as legacy customer demand declined and Winter Storm Fern temporarily disrupted operations.
Read more ...BANGKOK – Fabrinet reported record third-quarter revenue and earnings, driven by continued growth in datacom and advanced manufacturing programs.
Read more ...WASHINGTON, DC – Global semiconductor sales reached $298.5 billion in the first quarter, up 25% from the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). March sales totaled $99.5 billion, increasing 79.2% year over year and 11.5% sequentially from February.
Read more ...PEACHTREE CITY, GA – May 6, 2026 – Attendance for the PCB East 2026 conference and exhibition rose nearly 48% year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today. Attendance among the technical conference was up 38%, while overall registration grew 42% from a year ago.
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Having returned from the IPC Apex trade show and listening to comments from stakeholders who are charged for volunteering their time to develop standards, one wonders if there is a better way.
Having spent four years of my career in standards development, I know the process well. Groups of engineers, often from competing companies, gather around tables to debate the ins and outs of everything from what an end-product should look like and how it should perform to the placement of commas and the meaning of “shall” versus “should.”
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