U.S. government approval of two trade deals this week has drawn favorable response from the electronics industry. Trade organizations applaud the USMCA agreement and characterize a “phase one” deal with China as a good first step. Here’s what the IPC said: “The electronics manufacturing industry welcomes the U.S.-China “phase one” trade deal being signed in…
The global market for IC packaging grew by double digits in 2018, but will manage to grow by just 3.0 percent in 2019, as the overall IC devices market declines by 3.7 percent. The saving grace for the packaging industry comes primarily as a result of strong growth of advanced packaging solutions, which reaches nearly…
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $418.3 billion in 2019, down 11.9 percent from 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Intel regained the No. 1 position in the market as the downturn in the memory market negatively impacted many of the top vendors, including Samsung Electronics, the No. 1 vendor by revenue in 2018 and…
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it has entered into a distribution agreement and partnership with GigaDevice, a leading provider of non-volatile memory solutions. As part of the agreement, Mouser Electronics is now an authorized distributor of GigaDevice SPI NOR, SPI NAND, and parallel NAND…
Raltron, a global leader in high performance frequency management, WiFi and wireless antenna products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gagner-Toomey Associates Inc as its new manufacturer’s sales representative for Northern California and Nevada. Gagner-Toomey Associates (GTA) is a professional sales organization representing a portfolio of exceptional manufacturers serving a broad array of electronics…
Fusion Worldwide, a global technology sourcing distributor, announced its newest achievement of receiving the SAE AS6081 quality certification. The AS6081 is an aerospace management standard, which establishes requirements and practices to mitigate the risk of buying, receiving and selling fraudulent/counterfeit parts. “Achieving the AS6081 certification is a real accomplishment,” states Paul Romano, COO at Fusion…
ECIA’s President and CEO Bill Bradford announced to the Board of Directors that he plans to step down as the association president and chief executive officer by the end of Q1 2020. Bradford has led the association since 2018 and will transition to an industry position later in the year. During his tenure, the association…
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.12 billion in billings worldwide in November 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the November Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 1.9 percent higher than the final October 2019 level of $2.08 billion, and is 9.1 percent higher than the…
The day after voting to impeach President Donald Trump, the House approved his top 2019 legislative priority by advancing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade accord, Bloomberg News reports. The bill to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement passed the House on a 385-41 vote, with strong bipartisan support less than 24 hours after Democrats and…
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the November 2019 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and orders in November were strong and continued to outpace last year. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.08. Total North American PCB shipments in November 2019 were up 17.2 percent compared to the…