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AGY will invest $12 million to expand specialty glass fiber production at its Aiken County, SC, facility, adding 80 jobs and increasing capacity for materials used in semiconductor packaging and high-performance printed circuit boards. Operations are expected to begin in early 2026.

Calumet Electronics installed a Schmid Infinity H+ developer.

Celus announced electronic component supplier AGS Devices has officially gone “live” with the Celus Design Platform, an AI-assisted electronics design platform.

Doosan Electro-Materials is reportedly positioned to become the sole CCL supplier for Nvidia’s upcoming Rubin AI platform.

Ecarx has partnered with Victory Giant Technology to scale production of high-performance automotive computing platforms.

KKR has reportedly become the main contender for the acquisition of assets of Taiyo Holdings, with the intent to privatize the Japanese chemical company.

Mobius Materials has closed a $3 million seed round to expand its authenticated semiconductor spot market.

Syrma SGS has started building a PCB facility in Andhra Pradesh, India, to expand domestic production capacity.

Wipro Electronics plans to begin operations at its new, $60 million PCB facility in Doddaballapura, Bengaluru North within the next nine months.

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AIM Solder appointed RMG Vietnam authorized distributor in Southeast Asia.

Amber Enterprises India has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Pune-based Shogini Technoarts.

Coherix opened a new vision center in Sinsheim, Germany.

Critical Manufacturing partnered with Canonical to expand cloud-native MES deployment options across cloud, hybrid and on-premises manufacturing environments.

Foxconn and Luxshare plan to expand Vietnam’s game console manufacturing capacity by several million units per year as both firms seek permits for large production increases across Northern Vietnam.

Foxconn is set to invest NT$15.9 billion ($510 million) to develop a new headquarters complex in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027 and completion targeted for 2033.

Giga Computing is partnering with Syrma SGS for a production hub in Tamil Nadu, India.

Golden Technology broke ground on its second mobile phone manufacturing facility in Kurdistan.

GPV and East/West Manufacturing have entered into a strategic partnership whereby the two EMS companies will support each other’s production to serve customers in regions affected by trade and domestic manufacturing compliance issues.

Kitron secured an $18.5 million contract to produce advanced electronic components for combat vehicle systems, with deliveries beginning in late 2026, and signed an $8.3 million agreement with a new customer to produce electronics for autonomous systems across air, land and sea domains for the defense industry.

Kitron in December received approval from Swedish competition authorities and the Swedish authority ISP to proceed with the acquisition of Deltanordic, a deal that was announced on Nov. 19.

Merck Electronics is entering qualification on its $581 million Kaohsiung materials plant.

NanoFlowX named Bentec representative in Europe and India.

Nidec Advance Technology and Gantu Technology are codeveloping AI-driven inspection and test solutions for PCBs and advanced semiconductor packaging.

Safari Circuits has acquired Lacroix Electronics’ Grand Rapids, MI, manufacturing plant, preserving 116 PCB assembly jobs.

Samson has begun electronics manufacturing at its new Offenbach facility, completing the transition from Frankfurt.

Scanfil in December finalized its previously announced acquisition of US-based electronics manufacturer Adco Circuits.

Solutions Manufacturing installed a Universal Fuzion pick-and-place machine.

SynQor, which designs and manufactures power electronics, will relocate its 250 employees in Massachusetts to Salem, NH.

Tata Electronics and Intel signed an agreement to explore chip manufacturing, packaging, and AI PC development in India.

Wistron’s board approved a new, $135 million investment plan to expand AI server and networking production at its campus in Hsinchu, Vietnam.