Victory Giant said first-quarter revenue climbed 28 percent year-over-year as AI infrastructure demand boosted advanced PCB sales. Samsung Electronics’ union will enter mediation talks next week as wage disputes continue to threaten broader strike action.

CERN released its complete KiCad component library as open source, giving PCB designers access to more than 17,000 component symbols and footprints.

yieldWerx and WATS partnered to connect PCB assembly test data with semiconductor manufacturing analytics.

TopLine and Tanaka Precious Metals will host an IMAPS wire bonding workshop in Massachusetts focused on advanced semiconductor interconnect technologies and heterogeneous packaging applications.

KIC and E-tronix will host a webinar on automatic thermal profiling technologies for SMT reflow and wave soldering process control.

PCB East 2026 attendance increased nearly 48 percent year-over-year, with conference participation up 38 percent and overall registration rising 42 percent.

PCB East released part one of its 2026 Yearbook recapping the event’s record attendance, technical sessions, exhibitor highlights and industry networking throughout the week in Worcester.

PCB Detroit will return to Wayne State University June 15-16 with technical sessions covering ESD, EMI, RF design, thin copper impacts, thermal management, signal integrity and AI-driven PCB workflows, alongside a tabletop exhibition and networking events.

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Victory Giant reported first quarter revenue rose 28 percent year-over-year.

Samsung Electronics’ union said it will enter mediation with the company May 11-12 over a wage dispute as workers continue to threaten a broader strike action.

Victory Giant reported strong first quarter growth as AI server demand boosted sales of high-density interconnect and multilayer PCBs.

The Taiwan Printed Circuit Association said AI server demand is accelerating growth across the PCB materials market.

Renesas completed its acquisition of Irida Labs.

BGA Technology added a Creative Electron TruView Simplex X-ray system.

Absolute EMS expanded support for LEO, MEO and GEO satellite programs.

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