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October 10th, 2024
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THE LEAD

Susy Webb received PCEA’s third annual Leadership Award and Stephan Schmidt received the PCEA Membership award during PCEA's annual meeting in conjunction with PCB West.

Würth Elektronik will close its PCB production plant in Schopfheim, Germany, citing a "dramatic decrease" in orders due to the crisis in the European PCB industry.

TECH NEWS

PCEA and JITX will host a meetup for the printed circuit board design industry today at the PCB West trade show.

CheckSum launched ILS-X2 dual panel test system.

Hirose released FH75M FPC/FFC connector.

Yamaha SMT examines the growing role of AI in automatic optical inspection.

The University of Glasgow will lead the development of the UK’s “first sustainable electronics center” – in a bid to cut waste from electrical and electronic equipment.

Cracking open a neutered network-attached storage device finds an end-of-life IC.

FOCUS ON BUSINESS
How are You Measuring Success?
Contract manufacturer selection and relationships are a lot like football coaches and fan bases. It is expensive to change contract manufacturers, so if there are learning or performance issues over time, working through corrective actions may be the most cost-effective course.

SUSAN MUCHA

Susan Mucha





















BUSINESS NEWS

Foxconn announced NT$1.85 trillion ($57.3 billion) in revenue for the third quarter, a 20.2% increase and the highest revenue the company has ever reported for the quarter.

The electronic components sales sentiment index fell to 98.8 in September, marking a decrease of nearly 10 points from August and ending a two-month trend of positive sentiment.

Dixon Technologies has grown from a small, rented factory into a key player in India’s electronics sector. CEO Atul Lall recounts the company’s journey and plans for the future.

Foxconn is building the world's largest manufacturing facility in Mexico for bundling Nvidia's GB200 superchips, a key component of the firm's next-generation Blackwell family computing platform.

The sluggish recovery in memory end-market demand has led to an early slowdown in supply chain activity, impacting the operational growth of memory packaging and testing firms in the second half of 2024.

Samsung Electronics is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business or its logic chip designing operation, a company official said.

Milwaukee Electronics appointed Mukesh Dulani president.

Escatec appointed Christoph Antener chief procurement officer.

Danutek named Zoltán Dávid field service engineer.

DESIGNER'S NOTEBOOK
Living on the Edge
The perimeter of a PCB defines the extent of whatever electronics have to be packaged therein. The outline can also serve other functions.

JOHN BURKHERT JR.

John Burkhert Jr.






















TECHNICAL ARTICLES


Managing Signal Integrity in High-Speed PCBs
PCD&F/CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY



Pressure-Constrained Sonication Activation of Flexible Printed Metal Circuit
Nature Communications



Digital Active EMI Filter for Smart Electronic Power Converters
Scientific Reports

EVENTS

Oct. 8-11: PCB West 2024Santa Clara, CA
Oct. 20-22: ECIA Executive ConferenceChicago, IL
Oct. 21-24: SMTA InternationalRosemont, IL
Oct. 23-25: TPCA Show, Taipei
Oct. 28: Certified Printed Circuit Designer TrainingOnline
Oct. 30: NW Electronics Design & Manufacturing ExpoHillsboro, OR
Nov. 6-8: Nepcon AsiaShenzhen, China
Nov. 13: PCB CarolinaRaleigh, NC
Nov. 28-30: GEIMS VietnamHanoi, Vietnam
Dec. 4-6: International Electronics Circuit Exhibition (Shenzhen)Shenzhen, China


 

BOOK-TO-BILLS/MARKET TRENDS
             Aug. Trend
EMS 1.27 Up
ICs 20.6% Up
PCBs 0.99 Down
Component Sales Sentiment 108.4% Up
Changes are year-over-year.    

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