Editor’s note: This blog was originally published in February 2017 at www.weiner-intl.com and is being reprinted here with special permission from the author. IPC APEX EXPO 2017 was the best in five or more years. The 60th annual meeting drew a crowd. The meetings were good. The founding Director, Ray Pritchard, and the previous [...]
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the January 2017 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales declined in January, while the PCB book-to-bill ratio strengthened slightly to 0.99. Total North American PCB shipments in January 2017 were down 4.0% compared to the same month last year. Compared [...]
From our previous conversations, I knew that Joan Tourné was working on a novel high-density interconnection concept. Having eagerly awaited the chance to discuss the technology in detail, I was delighted when he contacted me to confirm that his IP had been secured and that he could now talk openly about VeCS, the Vertical Conductive [...]
Rogers Corporation today announced financial results for the 2016 fourth quarter and full year. Highlights: Net income of $11.9 million, up 81.1% Adjusted EBITDA of $32.7 million, up 24.3% Full year 2016: Net sales of $656.3 million, up 2.3% Gross margin of 38.0%, up 130 basis points Net income of $48.3 million, up 4.2% Fourth [...]
North American PCB Sales Enjoyed Solid Growth in December IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the December 2016 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales growth in December was solid while the PCB book-to-bill ratio slipped to 0.98. Compared to the same month last year, North American PCB [...]
Taiwan-based PCB maker Unimicron Technology has set aside a capex budget of NT$4.946 billion ($153.19 million) for 2017, according to a Digitimes report. The company originally allocated a capex budget of NT$5.009 billion for 2016, but recently increased it to NT$11.748 billion, the highest in seven years. The article cited a Chinese-language Commercial Times report that [...]
'Can Do' in CAM Outsourcing: CAM Engineering – Automation In my last column, A Case for Outsourcing CAM Engineering, I laid the groundwork for why outsourcing is so important. As volume production in PCB has shifted significantly to Asia, manufacturers in Europe and North America have been focusing on high technology, quick-turn, prototype, and lower [...]
FPCB Makers Expected to See Weak 1H17 on Slowing iPhone 7 Demand Flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) makers Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect are expected to see weak revenue performances for the first five months in 2017 as demand for iPhone 7 has started weakening and the two suppliers are unlikely to regain [...]
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electronica 2016 Impressions November 17, 2016 | Pete Starkey, I-Connect007 Germany’s third-largest city, and capital of the southeastern state of Bavaria, Munich was once more host to electronica, which can justifiably claim to be the world’s leading trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications. With more than 2,500 exhibitors filling 13 halls of the [...]