SAN DIEGO –  CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the winners of the 2015 New Product Introduction Awards for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software.

SIEVI, FINLAND -- Scanfil today reported fourth-quarter sales of 49.6 million euros ($56.2 million), up 9.3% from a year ago. 

SAN DIEGO – Veteran PCB designer and fabricator Gary Ferrari today became the newest inductee of the IPC Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the annual IPC Apex Expo trade show. 

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported 90-day average bookings rose 2.6% year-over-year in January, according to a monthly survey of the major suppliers.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- A pair of longtime SMT and semiconductor experts will present on local SMT and IC package services at an upcoming meeting of the IEEE CPMT Silicon Valley chapter.

AYR, SCOTLAND -- New research on the European medical electronics market shows ample opportunity for EMS firms to add design, recycling and other related services. 

SZEKESFEHERVAR, HUNGARY -- Videoton's consolidated revenue rose 17% year-over-year in 2014 to HUF130 billion ($483.2 million), the company announced today.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA seeks applications from full-time graduate-level students pursuing a degree and working on thesis research in electronic assembly, electronics packaging, or a related field, for the $5000 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Most of the market value for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) today lies in military applications, both for electric and non-electric versions, says IDTechEx. Nonetheless, small UAVs are increasing in sales fastest, and that is primarily down to non-military applications.

MALMO, SWEDEN – PartnerTech’s Electronics segment reported fourth quarter 2014 sales of SEK 342 million ($41 million), up 9.6% year-over-year. For the full year 2014, Electronics’ sales were SEK 1.3 billion, up 13.5% compared to 2013.

LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI) reported full-year 2014 revenues up 13% to $844.5 million compared to 2013.  

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The best technical conference paper of IPC Apex Expo 2015 goes to Karl Sauter, Oracle Corp. USA, and co-author Joseph Smetana, Alcatel-Lucent, for “High Frequency Loss Test Methods for Laminate Materials Comparison (a High Density Packaging User Group/HDPUG Project).” The paper will be presented Feb. 26.