AUSTIN, TX – Flex has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown Technical Systems, a specialist in power distribution and protection systems, for $325 million.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registration for the technical program of PCB West held last week grew 9.6% year-over-year, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today. Overall exhibition and conference registration rose nearly 4% for the annual event, which is held in the Silicon Valley each fall.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global smartphone shipments increased 4% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

BRONSCHHOFEN, SWITZERLAND – Cicor announced sales of CHF120.4 million ($139.6 million) in the third quarter, up 26.3% from the 2023's third quarter.

MCLEAN, VA – Orders of manufacturing technology in August dropped 12% from the same month last year, totaling $360.8 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology's US Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report.