WASHINGTON – Worldwide semiconductor sales were $36.6 billion in October, down 13.1% year-over-year and up 2.9% sequentially, said the Semiconductor Industry Association.

MIAMI – Element Solutions, the parent company of Alpha, has acquired Kester from Illinois Tool Works for $68 million in cash. The acquisition brings together two major players in the electronics solder materials industry.

MORRISVILLE, NC – The deadline to complete iNEMI’s survey on low-temperature solder readiness for high-volume board assembly is Dec. 6.

MILPITAS, CA — Worldwide semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted third-quarter billings of $14.9 billion, down 6% year-over-year, according to the trade group that compiles the statistics.

TEWKSBURY, MA – MRSI is moving to a new 102,000 sq. ft. facility here today.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to be $18.8 billion in 2020, an increase of 78.5% over 2019, according to International Data Corp.

EGER, HUNGARY – Eurocircuits has invested €5 million in equipment and software in 2019, its largest single-year sum to date.

TAIPEI -- Wistron is looking at opening a campus in Vietnam as a hedge against the trade war consuming China.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — October printed circuit board sales and orders among North American fabricators continued to outpace last year's, IPC announced today.

Minneapolis, MN -- SMTA announced that abstracts are now accepted for several technical conferences taking place in 2020. 

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – Element Solutions today announced a prize competition aimed at students in metal coatings science.

AUSTN, TX -- Continued monolithic integration is expensive and can suffer from the defect density yield loss associated with large die.