India is positioning Jewar as a major electronics manufacturing hub, with new advanced PCB production facilities expected to replace billions of dollars in imports. Researchers have demonstrated the first industrialized recyclable epoxy-based copper-clad laminate system, enabling FR-4 printed circuit boards to be chemically recycled and reused in a circular manufacturing process.

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Researchers have demonstrated the first industrialized recyclable epoxy-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) prepared with degradable curing agents, enabling FR-4 laminates to be chemically recycled and reused.

EasyLogix releases PCB-Investigator V17.1 with AI enhancements and new analysis tools.

EPC releases EPC91132 GaN motor drive reference design.

Intersurface Dynamics introduces Candeo post-CMP cleaning chemistry.

Kyocera AVX releases antenna integrator studio.

Crane Electronics releases WrenchStar multi plus digital torque wrench.

OKI has developed an AI-based inspection technology that reduces the time required for manual checks after automated optical inspection, or AOI, by about 80% for large, high-density printed circuit boards used in products such as AI servers.

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India has launched two advanced PCB manufacturing projects totaling approximately $790M in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, with the goal of replacing nearly $5B in annual PCB imports and strengthening the country's domestic electronics manufacturing ecosystem.

Luxshare seeks up to $3.1B in a share sale on the Hong Kong exchange.

Inventec will invest $450M to expand its manufacturing operations in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

Kinwong Electronics' Hong Kong IPO has been approved by China’s securities regulator.

South Korea unveiled a $576B investment planto expand AI semiconductor manufacturing, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix leading construction of four new fabrication plants and a chip packaging cluster

The AI-driven memory shortage is increasingly affecting smaller electronics manufacturers, with rising DRAM costs and constrained supply forcing some companies to delay products.

Escatec has acquired a Penang, Malaysia-based injection mold tooling company, adding in-house mold design and toolmaking capabilities.

Metal Etch Services has installed the first Watt NEVIS stencil laser system in the US at its Detroit facility.

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