JOHOR, MALAYSIA – Malaysian EMS provider Cape EMS ended its debut in the Main Market of Bursa at RM1.50 ($0.33), representing a premium of 67% over its IPO price of 90 sen ($0.002).

ATLANTA – The electronic components sales sentiment climbed to 90.6 in February, according to the Electronic Components Industry Association's latest Electronic Component Sales Trends survey, beating expectations for the month and continuing an upward trend that began in December.

SANTA ANA, CA -- TTM Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Shanghai backplane assembly plant for approximately $11.8 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments, to DBG Holdings.

WOKING, ENGLAND – TT Electronics announced 2022 revenue of GBP617 million ($735.6 million), a 30% increase from 2021's total.

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales totaled $41.3 billion during the month of January 2023, a decrease of 5.2% compared to the December 2022 total of $43.6 billion and 18.5% less than the January 2022 total of $50.7 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments of AR/VR headsets declined 20.9% year over year to 8.8 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker.

KARLSTEIN AM MAIN, GERMANY – BMZ Group, a specialist in lithium-ion batteries, announced the acquisition of Visatronic GmbH, a Mainhausen, Germany-based EMS supplier.

OSAKA – SIIX saw fourth quarter sales of JPY75.1 billion ($547.6 million), an increase of 19.1% compared to the same quarter of 2021.

TAIPEI – Foxconn reported that revenue in February fell 11.65% year-on-year due to weakness in smart consumer electronics, but the company stuck to its first quarter outlook.

COPENHAGEN – GPV reported revenue of DKK5.9 billion ($845.3 million) in 2022, exceeding expectations for the year and setting a new revenue record for the company.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market saw overall shipments grow 11.6% year over year to nearly 25.0 million units in the fourth quarter. Shipment value during the quarter increased 14.8% to $11.1 billion, according to the International Data Corporation's Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker.

NEEDHAM, MA – Desktop and mobile workstation shipments shrank 22.2% in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago as IT device spending slowed amidst economic concerns and fulfillment of backlogged orders, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker.