Quilter raises $10m to pursue AI-based circuit board design
February 16, 2024
Startup Quilter has completed a USD 10 million Series A. It will use the funds to develop its idea of automating the PCB manufacturing process.
Alpine Research Optics acquired by Lithuanian firm
November 30, 2023
Altechna, a provider of laser optics and optomechanical assemblies from Lithuania has acquired Alpine Research Optics, situated in a hub of photonics research and technology in Boulder, Colorado.
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Visit us at Productronica
Accelerating innovation has always been a touchstone of Seica’s approach to providing solutions to the electronics industry, so visitors to Seica’s booth at Productronica 2023 will see full alignment with this year’s theme in the latest, leading-edge, completely automated test solutions on display in Booth A1-445 as well as the fully automated selective soldering and optical inspection solutions on show at the Seica Automation Booth A3-335.
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Turn up the volume. The MYPro A40: Agility accelerated
The MYPro MY300 set the benchmark for productivity in high-mix PCB assembly. Now its successor, the MYPro A40, is raising the bar even further with 48% faster placement speeds and an ability to mount six times larger components with the MX7 high-speed mounthead. All so you can master any product mix. And pump up production volumes to levels never seen before.
Record third-quarter sales for Kitron
October 25, 2023
EMS provider Kitron has reported third-quarter revenues of EUR 179.2 million, along with strong profitability
Volvo Cars opens new software testing centre
October 19, 2023
The Swedish car manufacturer has for quite some time, and loudly, about its plans to be a fully electric car company by 2030. A plan that requires continuous investments. Now Volvo Cars is opening a new software testing centre in Sweden
Micron opens second assembly and test facility in Malaysia
October 13, 2023
US-based Micron Technology Inc has launched a new plant at Batu Kawan Industrial Park, Penang.
Exegeer partners with secret computer peripherals company
September 25, 2023
The unnamed computer peripherals company has selected Exeger as its exclusive solar cell supplier. The secret company will integrate Exeger's Powerfoyle technology into its products – product development is already in progress.
Benchmark reopens Dutch engineering and manufacturing facility
June 26, 2023
EMS provider Benchmark Electronics has officially reopened its renovated facility in Almelo, Netherlands serving customers across the aerospace and defense, industrial, medical and semiconductor capital equipment industries
Global notebook demand is projected to grow 11% QoQ in 2Q23
April 06, 2023
TrendForce research reveals that global notebook shipments reached 33.9 million units in 1Q23 – a 13% QoQ and 39% YoY decline. However, demand is projected to pick up in the current quarter.
Benchmark opens new US facility to support domestic semiconductor industry
March 06, 2023
Benchmark says it intends to invest USD 20 million and hire up to 100 people to support the new 64,000-square-foot facility focused on semiconductor industry growth in the US.
LG Chem to invest $3 billion in US cathode plant
November 28, 2022
LG Chem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the state of Tennessee to establish a new cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville with an investment of more than USD 3 billion.
3D-Micromac receives order for multiple systems
November 07, 2022
German laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser system provider, 3D-Micromac AG, says that an optical solutions provider has purchased multiple microMIRA Laser Lift-Off (LLO) systems for use in the production of microLED devices.
Sales sentiment decline in electronic components extends into October
November 01, 2022
A precipitous drop in sales sentiment for semiconductors dragged the overall component sentiment index down by 6.7 points to 75.6 in October despite modest improvements in the Electro-Mechanical and Passive Component Indices.
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Multitasking at the edge
In the past, there was rarely a need to put much emphasis on a high number of cores as most established embedded systems had little parallel processing to do. With Industry 4.0 and IIoT digitization, this picture has dramatically changed. IoT gateways and edge computers can hardly get enough cores. COM Express Type 6 modules with AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor technology and RTS hypervisor support are a perfect for these IoT gateway application needs.
Half a million robots installed in one year
October 18, 2022
A new all-time high of 517,385 new industrial robots was installed in 2021 in factories around the world, reports the International Federation of Robotics (IFR),
YES turns to Benchmark for manufacturing support
October 14, 2022
US EMS provider Benchmark Electronics is partnering with Yield Engineering Systems (YES) to transfer the manufacturing of the YES flagship product line to its facility in Malaysia,
Bleak outlook amongst ECIA members
September 08, 2022
ECIA’s has recently released the results from its Electronic Component Sales Trend survey (ECST) for August and the third quarter of 2022. So, what the word? Well, ECIA members seems to be expecting things to go from bad to worse.
Imec and semiconductor partners target greener chip manufacturing
May 17, 2022
Nanoelectronics research and innovation center, imec, says that it has managed to pool together stakeholders from the semiconductor value chain – from companies such as Apple and Microsoft, to suppliers, including ASM, Kurita, SCREEN and Tokyo Electron – to participate in its Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research program.
Benchmark to manufacture the electronics for Dynetics' weapon system
March 24, 2022
EMS provider Benchmark has been selected by Dynetics, a Leidos subsidiary, to manufacture electronic components for the company's Enduring Shield mobile ground-based weapon system.
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What’s new at Starteam? Expansion, sustainability and more
As a German family business with experience in the PCB industry since 1988 we are still experiencing growth periods in 2022. The key cornerstone for our strategy is Starteam, our factory in Sichuan which we acquired in 2017. We have been continuously increasing the output from 250,000sqf per month at the beginning to having reached 520,000sqf in Q4 last year. In 2021, further advancements were made promising a bright future for the factory.
Benchmark to close its Moorpark California EMS operations
March 10, 2022
In a federal WARN notice, Benchmark announces that it plans to shut down its operations at the Moorpark plant in California starting no earlier than March 31, 2022.
Benchmark invests in new photonics packaging capabilities
March 03, 2022
Electronics manufacturer Benchmark Electronics, has invested in new optical integration, photonics packaging, and photonics test capabilities at its RF and Photonics Center of Innovation in Phoenix.
HARMAN acquires mixed reality company Apostera
February 18, 2022
Samsung subsidiary, HARMAN International, is acquiring Germany-based automotive technology company Apostera.
Stellantis and LG form JV for lithium-Ion battery Production
October 18, 2021
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have entered into a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to produce battery cells and modules for North America. The new battery plant is planned to have annual production capacity of 40 GWh; targeted to start by first quarter 2024.
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COM Express Type 6 and COM-HPC Client
A New Generation of Embedded Processors It’s a new era for high-end embedded processors that are now available on two Computer-on-Module form factors: The brand-new COM-HPC® Client and COM Express® Type 6. With the emergence of the 11th Gen Intel® Core® processor generation (codenamed Tiger Lake), developers now have the ability to choose the most appropriate form factor that best suits their project requirements.
Infineon opens high-tech chip factory in Austria
September 17, 2021
Infineon Technologies AG officially opened its high-tech chip factory for power electronics on 300-millimeter thin wafers at its Villach site in Austria. At EUR 1.6 billion euros, the investment made by the semiconductor group represents one of the largest such projects in the microelectronics sector in Europe.
Komax is on track for recovery
August 23, 2021
The Komax Group saw its market situation gradually improve in the first six months of 2021 on the back of the recovery underway in the automotive industry. This enabled Komax to record a strong order intake of CHF 229.1 million (first half of 2020: CHF 143.8 million).
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