MEUNG-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE — French EMS provider All Circuits is looking for room to grow its operations by purchasing a new plant in France or elsewhere in Europe.

The company opened a 6,000 sq. meter expansion at its production facility in Meung-sur-Loire, in southern France, earlier this year, and that expansion is already at full capacity, All Circuits President Bruno Racault told Evertiq.

"All of the new wing that we added this year is fully booked already, so I'm looking to purchase a new plant now," he said.

Racault said he would prefer the new plant be located in France if possible, or at least somewhere in Europe to supply the local market, and the new facility would have a turnover of around EUR 100-200 million (US $103-206 million).

"The business is there and it's really booming," he said.

All Circuits also needs a new facility in China, not for the European market but to serve the local market in that area, and that would be in two or three years, Racault said.

LOUISVILLE, KY — Sypris reported revenue of $25.2 million for the third quarter, down slightly from the $25.7 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2021.

VEJLE, DENMARK — GPV announced revenues of DKK 1.2 billion (US $163 million)for the third quarter, the company's highest ever revenue for a single quarter and a 45% increase from the third quarter of 2021.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — A sharp increase in salary budgets and use of flexible hours programs for North American electronics assembly companies are among the findings of a new study published by IPC this week.

WASHINGTON — The 90-day moving average sales of semiconductors worldwide in September fell 3% year over year and 0.5% sequentially, the Semiconductor Industry Association announced today.

SAINT-HERBLAIN, FRANCE -- Lacroix reported third quarter revenue of €178.1 million ($179.6 million), up 61.3% from a year ago on organic growth and acquisitions.

SAN JOSE, CA — Sanmina Corporation announced revenues of $2.2 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, with revenues for the entire fiscal year totaling $7.9 billion.

JASPER, IN -- Kimball Electronics announced fiscal first quarter revenues of $405.9 million, up 39% from a year ago.

MILPITAS, CA ─ Global silicon wafer shipments are projected to increase 4.8% year-over-year in 2022 to a record high of nearly 14,700 millions of square inches (MSI), SEMI reported in its annual silicon shipment forecast for the semiconductor industry. 

PATHUMTANI, THAILAND — SVI Public Company announced that revenues for the company's third quarter were THB 7.01 billion (US $187 million), up 58.9% from the third quarter of 2021.

The EMS provider said year-to-date revenues were up 59.6% from last year, with the company seeing THB 18.7 billion (US $500 million) so far this year compared to THB 11.7 billion (US $313 million) at this point in 2021.

WESTLAKE, OH — Nordson has announced that it has completed its acquisition of CyberOptics, a developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D optical sensing technology solutions. The completion of the deal follows the company's announcement this August that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the business.

In a press release announcing the completion of the transaction, Nordson said the acquisition enhances the company's test and inspection platform, providing differentiated technology that expands its product offering in the semiconductor and electronics industries.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Kenny Wilson has been named as Jabil's next Chief Executive Officer, and will continue to work closely with Mark Mondello, Jabil's current Chairman and CEO, before assuming the role of CEO on May 1, 2023.

Mondello, a Jabil employee for more than 30 years, will continue to serve as Executive Chairman following the effective date of Wilson’s appointment.