WASHINGTON — The Semiconductor Industry Association announced global semiconductor industry sales were $46.9 billion during the month of October 2022, a slight decrease of 0.3% compared to the September 2022 total of $47.0 billion and down 4.6% compared to the October 2021 total of $49.1 billion.

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE — ICAPE Group, a global technology distributor of printed circuit boards, announced Monday that it has acquired 100% of the shares in the Sweden-based MMAB Group.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA — The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) seeks abstracts for its annual PCB West technical conference coming in 2023.

STOCKHOLM — NOTE has signed an agreement to expand its plant in Norrtälje, Sweden by around 1,100 sq. m. to increase the facility's capacity and efficiency of its production.

WASHINGTON — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a report finding continued US leadership in semiconductor design – the critical and high-value-add mapping of a chip’s intricate circuitry – is essential to America’s sustained leadership in semiconductors and the many technologies they enable. The report, titled “The Growing Challenge of Semiconductor Design Leadership,” identifies three key challenges facing the US chip design sector and highlights opportunities to strengthen America’s position as a global semiconductor innovation and workforce leader.

MILPITAS, CA – Global semiconductor equipment billings rose 7% year-over-year to $28.75 billion in the third quarter, SEMI announced today.

ATLANTA — The ECIA’s Global Industry Practices Committee (GIPC) has published a document to update members on best practices as companies in the electronic components industry respond to the shifting political landscape regarding China tariffs.

AUSTIN, TX — TechSearch International's latest Advanced Packaging Update describes some of the thermal challenges facing the industry from mobile to high-performance computing. With increased power dissipation, companies are moving to higher performance thermal interface materials and adopting new cooling methods including liquid immersion.

MUMBAI — Tata Group is in talks with Wistron to acquire the Taipei-based corporation's facility in Karnataka, India, for up to 50 billion rupees ($612.6 million), according to a report by the Economic Times.

TOKYO — Saki Corporation held the opening ceremony for its new solution center in Nonthaburi, Thailand on November 29. The Saki Solution Center Thailand holds the recently relocated main offices for Saki Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co. Ltd., as well as a wide range of Saki’s inspection machines for on-site and online demonstrations and hands-on access to customers.

GARDENA, CA ― Pemtron Technology, a developer and manufacturer of inspection equipment, went public on the Korea Stock Exchange (KRX) on Nov. 24 under the ticker symbol: 168360:KS.

OULU, FINLAND — Scanfil on Monday said its chief executive officer is stepping down by the end of 2023 after being with the Finnish electronics company since 2013.