Copper, gold, silver, platinum–palladium: What’s next for the electronics industry? October 28, 2025 Metal markets are drawing growing attention from both industry and technology sectors. For electronics and component manufacturers, metals such as copper, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium are essential elements of the value chain. Their prices, availability, and supply stability now have a direct impact on production costs, material innovation, and long-term strategic planning.
Their experiments on a chip revealed quantum physics in action October 08, 2025 A major question in physics is the maximum size of a system that can demonstrate quantum mechanical effects. This year’s Nobel Prize laureates conducted experiments with an electrical circuit in which they demonstrated both quantum mechanical tunnelling and quantised energy levels in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
ShunYun Technology & NewPhotonics enter volume PIC manufacturing deal October 07, 2025 ShunYun Technology Ltd (SYT), a manufacturer of optical transceivers, and NewPhotonics, a designer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chips for data centre optical interconnect, have entered into a strategic OSAT partnership for volume manufacturing of the NewPhotonics NPG product line.
ESD industry posts $5.1 billion in revenue in Q2 2025 October 07, 2025 The Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 8.6% to USD 5,089.4 million in the second quarter of 2025 from the USD 4,685.5 million registered in the second quarter of 2024, according to the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community. The four-quarter moving average rose 10.4%, based on a comparison of the most recent four quarters to the prior four.
AT&S plans entry into the defence sector October 02, 2025 Austrian circuit board and IC substrate manufacturer AT&S said it plans to expand its portfolio to include the defence sector, citing growing demand for security-relevant technologies.
Axcelis and Veeco agree to $4.4 billion all-stock merger October 02, 2025 Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction that values the combined company at approximately USD 4.4 billion. The deal will create one of the largest US suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Panasonic Industry to double circuit board material production September 17, 2025 Panasonic Industry says it plans to double the production capacity of its MEGTRON multi-layer circuit board materials over the next five years to meet growing demand from AI server and ICT infrastructure markets.
Arrow CEO Sean Kerins departs; Bill Austen named interim CEO September 17, 2025 Arrow Electronics says Chief Executive Officer Sean Kerins has stepped down as director, president, and CEO of the company, and that board member William (Bill) F. Austen has been appointed interim president and CEO. No reasons were given for Kerins’ departure.
ABB to invest $110 million in US manufacturing September 17, 2025 ABB is investing in four US manufacturing sites to meet future demand in key industries, including data centers and the grid.
Scintil raises €50 million to scale integrated photonics for AI factories September 10, 2025 The funding enables France’s Scintil Photonics to expand hiring, accelerate production and deepen its international presence as it delivers the industry’s first single-chip DWDM light engine, integrating multi-wavelength lasers with silicon photonics, aligned with next-generation CPO.
Nathan Trotter to build $65 million tin processing facility in Virginia September 10, 2025 Nathan Trotter, a Pennsylvania-based supplier and recycler of tin and tin alloys, will invest approximately USD 65 million to establish a tin production and processing facility in Henry County, Virginia.
Walt Custer, founder of Custer Consulting Group, passes away at 81 September 01, 2025 Walt Custer, the founder of Custer Consulting Group (CCG) and a prominent figure in the printed circuit board (PCB) and electronics manufacturing industry, has passed away peacefully at the age of 81.
Shibaura, Waseda partner with Fujitsu to control robot posture August 26, 2025 By expressing the orientation and position of each robot link as a qubit, and by replicating the structural influence of parent joint movements on child joints through quantum entanglement, the number of necessary calculations was significantly reduced compared to conventional classical methods.
Siemens Xcelerator empowers Skyroot in its digital transformation August 22, 2025 By adopting Polarion software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, Indian space tech firm Skyroot Aerospace is able to unify its software and systems development processes, improve traceability and compliance, enhance collaboration, and streamline lifecycle management.
Polymatech completes PCB manufacturing facility in Estonia August 15, 2025 Polymatech Electronics Limited has commissioned its new PCB manufacturing facility in Estonia, furthering the company's expansion into the European market.
Precoplat and MicroCirtec Merge August 12, 2025 Precoplat Präzisions-Leiterplatten-Technik GmbH and MicroCirtec Micro Circuit Technology GmbH have officially merged as of August 1, 2025.
Report: Kaynes planning to set up $570M facility in Tamil Nadu August 04, 2025 The upcoming plant at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu will manufacture advanced components such as 74-layer PCBs, high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs, flexible PCBs, high-performance laminates, camera module assemblies, and wire harness assemblies, the report said.
ESD industry posts $5.1 billion in revenue in Q1 2025 July 16, 2025 All geographic regions reported growth, with Americas, EMEA and Japan registering double digit increases.
iPronics partners with Ansys to bring reliability to AI workloads July 08, 2025 iPronics integrates Ansys solutions across its core development workflow — from optical layout to packaging and thermal simulations — enabling robust, full-stack design and validation of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that perform reliably despite fabrication variability.
Inission's new factory in Borås is now opened and in full production July 03, 2025 Swedish EMS provider Inission has officially inaugurated its new factory in Borås, Sweden – offering the company 50 % larger production area than previously.
Caspia collaboration to boost security verification in Siemens’ Questa One June 27, 2025 Fueled by AI technology, the hardware root of trust has now become vulnerable to attack, making it critical to harden SoC designs against such sophisticated attacks. The collaboration responds directly to this threat by adding Caspia’s industry leading GenAI security technology to the Questa One smart verification solution.
Mindgrove partners with Bosch to enhance chip design solutions June 26, 2025 Indian fabless firm Mindgrove will provide Bosch with chips and boards for field deployment and testing, supported with engineering and logistics assistance. Data generated from these deployments will be used for improvements.
IBM, RIKEN unveil first IBM Quantum System Two outside of US June 25, 2025 IBM Quantum System Two at RIKEN is powered by IBM Quantum Heron, the company’s best-performing quantum processor to-date. Its connection to Fugaku will enable RIKEN teams to use quantum-centric supercomputing approaches to push forward research on advanced algorithms.
IPC becomes Global Electronics Association June 24, 2025 The organization known as IPC – originally the Institute of Printed Circuits – is changing its name to the Global Electronics Association, and unveils a new study on the electronics industry.
Fujitsu wins contract to design next-gen flagship supercomputer June 20, 2025 FugakuNEXT will leverage Fujitsu’s established supercomputing expertise, incorporating advanced technologies from the FUJITSU-MONAKA general-purpose CPU currently under development, and will allow for seamless integration with GPUs and other accelerators.
Trymax installs 500th process chamber in Asia June 17, 2025 Trymax Semiconductor Equipment has reached a key milestone with the installation of its 500th process chamber in Asia. The Dutch company, known for its plasma- and UV-based solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, reported continued demand from regional markets including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
TSMC, University of Tokyo open joint lab to boost chip research June 16, 2025 Together, TSMC and UTokyo aim to promote cutting-edge research and development in semiconductor technologies, generate innovative solutions, and cultivate semiconductor talent.
MIPS partners with Cyient to enhance RISC-V-based intelligent power solutions June 13, 2025 The partnership will focus on enabling real-time, safety-critical applications, power delivery, and compute efficiency in demanding platforms for automotive, industrial and data center markets.
Trump's first onshoring win isn’t the iPhone – it's the AI server June 12, 2025 As Nikkei Asia reports in a new investigation, the US is quietly assembling a domestic supply chain for one of the most complex machines in the world: the AI server. And while Apple has resisted political pressure to move iPhone production onshore, a host of data centre suppliers – including Foxconn, Wistron, TSMC and SK Hynix – are rapidly expanding their US footprint to serve customers like Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.
Mycronic’s Global Technologies acquires Surfx Technologies June 10, 2025 Swedish high-tech company Mycronic's Global Technologies division has acquired Surfx Technologies, a US-headquartered provider of atmospheric plasma solutions used in advanced electronics manufacturing, including semiconductor processing and packaging.
Siemens expands OSAT Alliance to boost US chip supply chains June 06, 2025 Mosaic Microsystems will use Siemens‘ EDA technologies to develop ADKs for its thin glass substrate technology, while NHanced Semiconductors will employ Siemens EDA tech to develop ADKs for their silicon interposer-based tech.
Agfa, Technica announce partnership for US Orgacon distribution June 04, 2025 Orgacon is Agfa’s advanced portfolio of conductive inks and coatings that includes coating formulations and EL-P screen inks for optical, anti-static and printed electronic applications.