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Amber Group acquired a majority stake in Pune-based Shogini Technoarts, a PCB manufacturer.

AskPCB and The European Space Agency have joined the High Density Packaging User Group.

Bramble Energy, which developed PCB-based fuel cells and electrolyzers, has filed a notice of intent to appoint an insolvency administrator after failing to secure new financing.

Celus and NextPCB formed a strategic partnership linking Celus’s AI-assisted design platform with NextPCB’s manufacturing and assembly services.

Cimulec Group installed a Schmid oxide and surface prep line.

Critical Metals acquired one of the largest G7/EU-origin stockpiles of ultra-high-purity copper powder.

DuPont has completed the separation of its electronics business into Qnity Electronics.

Dynamic Electronics will invest almost $211 million in a new Thai factory for printed circuit boards used in artificial intelligence computing equipment.

Fabric8Labs raised $50 million to scale its US ECAM manufacturing capacity to 22 million components a year from 5 million for AI, RF and power applications.

Schmid Group announced two significant orders for its InfinityLine C+, InfinityLine H+, and InfinityLine V+ wet processing production equipment.

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Balver Zinn, a German solder materials supplier, has filed for insolvency.

Brandworks closes an $11 million Series A to scale AI hardware, IoT platforms and launch a new design center in Taiwan.

Delvitech closed a $40 million Series B to scale its AOI platform globally, including plans for a Bengaluru manufacturing site by 2026.

Jabil expanded its collaboration with metal parts manufacturer Inno to manufacture battery energy storage system enclosures in Rayong, Thailand.

Lite-On boosted its Vietnam footprint with another $200 million investment, bringing its total commitment past $1 billion as new facilities ramp toward 2028.

Marvell plans to expand its India workforce by roughly 15% per year and increase local R&D investment.

Micro Technology Services installed a PBT Works CompaCLEAN III inline cleaning system.

NanoFlowX appointed MaRC Technologies representative in the Pacific Northwest US.

Neways opened a $30 million, 237,000 sq. ft. EMS facility in Slovakia.

Nokia will invest $4 billion to expand US manufacturing and R&D capabilities as it accelerates development of AI-ready networking and advanced semiconductor technologies.

OpenAI and Foxconn formed a US-based partnership to jointly design and manufacture AI data-center hardware.

Pegatron has revealed progress on its US manufacturing expansion, announcing that its Texas factory is set to begin mass production in March 2026.

Rochester Electronics is supporting global manufacturers with a secure inventory of 2.9 billion active and end-of-life Nexperia devices.

Sanmina is expanding its Fermoy medical facility in north Cork, Ireland and will add up to 150 jobs across engineering, quality, manufacturing and operations.

Sanmina finalized its acquisition of AMD’s ZT Systems data center infrastructure manufacturing business.

Scanfil will supply Tomra’s S2 Rugged Plus reverse vending machines for the Polish market.

Sellectronics installed a PVA Delta 8 system.

TAF Industries plans to launch a $10.8 million SMT production lines for UAV electronics in Ukraine.

Tata Electronics has begun assembling Apple iPhone 16-series models in Hosur, India.

Titan Intech will invest about $28 million to build an integrated display electronics manufacturing facility.