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Apple is reportedly in talks with non-Chinese suppliers, including Flextronics, Jabil, Aequs and Tata, as part of a push to diversify more of its supply chain away from the country.

Taking a look at the circuit boards from some of the first ECUs used in production cars can reveal some “weirdly pretty” designs.

SCS launched PrecisionCure UVC.

Electronics design software architect Charles Pfeil will keynote the PCB West conference and exhibition, which takes place in Santa Clara, CA, on Oct. 8-11.

Würth Elektronik rolled WE-PLC transformers.

A take-back half (TBH) charge pump gives a simple VFC reasonable performance at 20MHz while running on less than 10mA.

When an international team of researchers set out to create an “AI scientist” to handle the whole scientific process, they ended up with a tool that they judged equivalent to an early Ph.D. student.

Jabil is set to build a new manufacturing plant in Trichy, India, with a INR2,000 crore ($238 million) investment to set the foundation of a new electronics manufacturing cluster.

Elna PCB, a Taiwanese PCB manufacturer has opened a new 10,000 sq. m. manufacturing plant in Butterworth, Malaysia.

Foxtronics EMS has added additional expertise in life science and aerospace and defense capabilities with the acquisition of Accutron.

Elite Electronic Systems has announced the acquisition of CB Technology, a contract manufacturer headquartered in Livingston, UK.

Taiwan's Passive System Alliance began production at its new printed circuit board plant in Malaysia as it looks to tap booming demand for AI servers and automotive components.

Samsung Electronics' production at a key plant in southern India was disrupted for a second day by hundreds of employees striking for higher wages on Tuesday.

Once heralded as the future of energy and vital in the fight against climate change, the green tech sector is struggling with significant financial turbulence.

A hearing has been rescheduled for VS Industry’s lawsuit against NEP Holdings and three of its directors, which alleges the directors conducted or exercised their powers as directors of NEP in a manner that was "oppressive" or "unfairly prejudicial" to VSI.

Delta Electronics opened a new headquarters and global research center in Bengaluru, India, and plans to almost double its workforce in the country over the next five years.

Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of Dixon Technologies, will manufacture notebooks, desktops, and all-in-one PCs for HP.

ASMPT announced a collaboration with Tata Electronics for workforce training, advancing service engineering infrastructure, automation, spare supports and boosting R&D initiatives.

Scanfil named Steve Creutz VP of Northern Europe, Christian Kesten VP of APAC and Markku Kosunen VP of Central Europe, effective Jan. 1.

Eltek appointed Tomer Segev as vice president of marketing and sales.

Bimos appointed Joey Grandinetti as brand marketing manager in the US.

Flex appointed Rodrigo DallOglio president, operational excellence and transformation.

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