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NOTE Reports Q3 Growth

STOCKHOLM – NOTE reported third-quarter revenue of roughly $75.1 million, up from $73.2 million in the same period last year – a 2.6% increa... Read More...

PCB WEST 2025 Reports 4% Attendance Growth

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – OCTOBER 11, 2025 – Attendance at the PCB West (https://www.pcbwest.com) 2025 conference and exhibition held in the Sili... Read More...

Kyocera AVX Launches KGP Series Stacked MLCCs

FOUNTAIN INN, SC – Kyocera AVX has unveiled its new KGP Series commercial-grade stacked multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), engineered to... Read More...

VVDN Tech Eyes IPO After Crossing $1 Billion Annualized Revenue Target

GURUGRAM, INDIA – VVDN Technologies is preparing for an Initial Public Offering once its annualized revenue reaches $1 billion, according to... Read More...

Precision PCB Acquires Assets of Microplace, Inc.

Elgin, IL – 9/22/2025 – Precision Technologies Inc., doing business as Precision PCB, a One-Stop PCB Fabrication and Assembly services compa... Read More...

Global PC Shipments Climb in Q3 as Windows 11 Transition Drives Refresh Cycle

NEEDHAM, MA – Global PC shipments accelerated in the third quarter, rising 9.4% compared to the same period a year earlier, according to pre... Read More...

SEMI Forecasts $374B in 300mm Fab Equipment Spending from 2026–2028 on AI-Driven Capacity

PHOENIX – Global investment in 300mm fab equipment is set to total $374 billion from 2026 to 2028, according to SEMI’s latest 300mm Fab Outl... Read More...

Incap UK Expands Renewable Energy Use with Rooftop Solar Installation

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, UK – Incap Corporation has completed the installation of a rooftop solar power system at its manufacturing facility, a... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Surge 21.7% in August

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales reached 64.9 billion dollars in August, up 21.7% from 53.3 billion dollars a year earlier, according... Read More...

FEATURES

Cold Paste, Hot Mess

Avoiding solder paste failures through proper handling and preparation. Our technical support team often sees the same preventable issues repeat themselves. Th... Read More...

Among PCB Design, Raises are Up, Benefits are Down and Deadlines Don’t Budge

Boards aren’t the only things getting more complex. Workloads are too. PCB designers are, by and large, a veteran crew. Many have been in the game for decades,... Read More...

Tracking Giants: Inside the World’s Top PCB Fabricators

From Shenzhen to Southeast Asia: The changing map of PCB production. Accurately investigating the revenues of the world’s largest PCB fabricators is confoundin... Read More...

The Growing Importance of DfX in AI Hardware

SMTAI Women’s Leadership Program highlights how technology shifts lead to greater opportunities for those with specialized skills. The need to develop new tech... Read More...

Smart Factory Evolution: Innovations in Automated Production

Maintaining stable production through error and predictive detection. As industry shifts from the Internet of things, entailing machine-to-machine (M2M) and pe... Read More...

Component Dynamics: Where Market Intelligence Meets Distribution

Component Dynamics is showing how independent distributors can guide their customers in tricky times. It’s well-established that the Covid component crisis for... Read More...

Cold Solder Joints

Why they occur, and what to do about them. Soldering, the process of joining two or more metals through the application of heat, has been around for millennia,... Read More...

Agentic AI: The Future of the Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain

Initiating complex workflows with simple text commands. The 21st century has stress-tested the global supply chain. Climate shocks and geopolitical flare-ups h... Read More...

The Hidden Potential of Excess and Obsolete Component Inventory

Recouping value from excess stock. If manufacturers understood the true value and opportunity of their excess and obsolete (E O) electronic component stock, th... Read More...