LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – The exterior shell of AT S' new R D and IC substrate center here has been erected just 14 months after groundbreaking, and the company's new p... Read More...
NEEDHAM, MA – According to a new forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global shipments of smartphones will decline 3.2% in 2023, tota... Read More...
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FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – Icape Group has acquired the operating assets of HLT, a German PCB distributor that generated revenue of €4.1 million ($4.4 million... Read More...
FRANKFURT – Germany's Schmid Group plans to list in New York via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal estimated to give the technology firm a ... Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in April were up 12.1% compared to the same month last year, IPC’s North American Printed Circuit Board Sta... Read More...
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ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced significant updates to the JEP30 PartModel Guidelines, including all reference documents ... Read More...
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension announced that it has commenced a special tender offer to purchase between 38.8% and 40.8% of the outstanding ordinary shares of St... Read More...
ATLANTA – ECIA's Global Industry Practices Committee has launched a five-year review of its 2-D Barcode Specification, which published its last revision in 2018... Read More...
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association today announced registration is open for the technical program for PCB West (https://pcbwest.co... Read More...
PASADENA, CA – Lead times and prices are expected to drop toward historical norms in the second quarter, while inventory reductions and corrections will continu... Read More...
MILPITAS, CA – The current global semiconductor manufacturing industry contraction is expected to moderate in the second quarter and give way to a gradual recov... Read More...
PETACH TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek reported revenue of $11.5 million for the first quarter, an 18% increase from last year's first quarter. Read More...
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IPC-2152 is an important baseline for determining current carrying capacity, but further work must be done for individual applications. In response to recent c... Read More...
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New hole formation technologies and low-cost low-loss materials are needed. Ed.: This is the fourth of an occasional series by the authors of the 2019 iNEMI Ro... Read More...
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Withwave's Vertical Launch Connectors are specially designed for solderless vertical PCB launch on test measurement board. Read More...
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