PCEA issued a call for abstracts for the PCB West 2025 technical conference.

A driverless world is coming for all of us. An afternoon tailing a Waymo taxi provides a potential view of that future.

An electrohydrodynamic 3-D printer and ink with silver nanoparticles could allow astronauts to print electric circuits or manufacture electronic components in space.

Zestron will host a free webinar, Elevating Efficiency: Maximizing Efficacy for Cost Savings and Increased Capacity in Cleaning Processes, on Nov. 21.

Shenmao rolled out PF606-P lead-free solder paste.

Registration is open for PCEA’s 2025 New Product Introduction (NPI) Awards for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers.

Tearing down a camera flash trigger finds several circuitry commonalities with its full-featured camera flash sibling…aside from a xenon tube.

PCEA announced its winter schedule for the Certified Printed Circuit Engineer training program.

NeoTech announced a major advancement in its wire bond pull testing process, reducing manufacturing cycle time by more than 60%.

Nano Dimension announced third quarter revenue of $14.9 million, an increase of 22.1% from last year's third quarter.

Eltek reported revenue of $13.5 million for the third quarter, up 14% over the third quarter of 2023.

Karla Trotman, CEO of US EMS Electro Soft, shares her preparations for potential tariff hikes.

China could surpass Taiwan to become the world's largest producer of printed circuit boards (PCBs) in 2024, according to a report from the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association.

Flex completed the previously announced acquisition of Crown Technical Systems, a provider of integrated power distribution and protection systems.

Sierra Circuits is moving its administrative headquarters into a 10,000 sq. ft. industrial building near one of its plants in Sunnyvale, CA.

VS Industry will remain on a growth track in 2025 on the back of its leadership in trade diversion and ongoing contract discussions, according to a research report.

Texas Instruments is expanding its in-house manufacturing capacity and its AI capabilities for embedded and edge designs.

GOCL Corp. is venturing into high-growth sectors like electronics manufacturing services and metal cladding.

GlobalFoundries will receive $1.5 billion in Chips Act funds to expand a chipmaking plant in upstate New York and update a smaller plant in Vermont.

Hensoldt added a second PCBA production line at its Ulm, Germany, facility, with a third planned for 2025.

Sat Nusapersada chose Siemens' Process Preparation Software to boost its NPI and SMT line efficiency.

ViTrox appointed MaRCTex representative for Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Escatec appointed Steven Waterston director of business development.

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