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Apple has been granted a US patent for a thin system-in-package with a shielded stepped mold.

BH will supply flexible printed circuit boards for the camera modules on Samsung’s new foldable phones.

Gold Circuit Electronics (Thailand) Co. in July signed a deal to acquire CESE 2 (Thailand) Co. for approximately NT$1.14 billion ($35 million).

LQDX signed a sales and licensing agreement with Kansai Denshi Industries for manufacturing support for next generation IC substrates and advanced PCBs.

Mobenus will move to Namchun Industrial Complex in South Korea by next year to mass-produce high-density circuit boards.

Schweizer Electronic and Zollner Elektronik announced a strategic partnership to increase efficiency in power embedding.

Soochow University researchers unveiled a new method to fabricate stretchable and breathable electronics.

Ventec announced its membership in the Printed Circuit Board Association of America.

Victory Giant has completed registration for the construction of a printed circuit board manufacturing campus in Vietnam, with a planned investment of up to $260 million.

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Absolute EMS partnered with Ventiva to build its Ionic Cooling Engine (ICE).

Benchmark is constructing a new state-of-the-art facility in Guadalajara.

Bentec appointed Accurex Solutions manufacturers’ representative for its Prey UPI in India.

BTU International appointed E-Tronix representative in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

CAES was awarded a $172 million contract from Raytheon to support a major international missile program.

CE3S will distribute Nitto Kohki Delvo electric screwdrivers.

Circuitronics installed a VJ Electronix XQuik II Plus component counter.

Continental AG’s 10,000 sq. m. factory expansion in China’s Jingyue High-tech Industrial Development Zone has commenced operations.

Critical Manufacturing announced a strategic alliance to combine Loftware’s labeling expertise with its advanced MES technology.

Dixon Technologies’ acquisition of up to 56% of shares in Ismartu India Private Ltd. was approved by the Competition Commission of India.

Ducommun rejected an unsolicited revised nonbinding indication of interest from Albion River, a private direct investment firm, to acquire all outstanding shares of Ducommun for $65 per share in cash.

ECM PCB Stator Tech and East West Manufacturing announced a strategic partnership to advance adoption of next-generation products incorporating PCB Stator electric motors.

EVS International appointed Circuit Assembly Products SE representative for the southern states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi.

FANUC America opened a new 650,000 sq. ft. robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, MI.

Gen3 shipped a next-generation CM Contaminometer process ionic contamination tester to an aerospace company in Germany.

Genie Electronics implemented Cetec ERP’s enterprise resource planning system.

Heraeus Electronics announced its participation in the FastLane project, an EU-funded initiative aimed at revolutionizing the European value chain for Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based power electronics.

Incap UK upgraded its SMT line with the installation of an automated solder screen printer and two advanced placement modules.

Inspectis appointed Microscope World as its North American distributor.

Kasdon Holdings, a UK-based PCB assembler, is planning an expansion at its facility in Wolverhampton.

Kitron received orders with a value of over NOK500 million ($46.8 million) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

Latham Industries expanded to a new 10,000 sq. ft. facility in Phoenix, AZ.

Luminovo and Sluicebox have formed a partnership to offer product carbon footprint estimates for an actual printed circuit board assembly.

Murray Percival Company will represent Bimos ESD seating solutions in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Western Pennsylvania.

Myotek will receive nearly $1 million from Michigan’s Going PRO Talent Fund for training its electronics assembly employees.

Nordes EMS installed a PBT Works SuperSwash III PCBA cleaning system at its technology park in Wroclaw, Poland.

OVES Enterprise announced that it is expanding its services to include printed circuit board production.

Pemtron appointed American Tec its official distributor in China.

Samsung Electronics’ wafer foundry in Taylor, TX, initially set to mass-produce 4nm process technology, is reportedly shifting to 2nm processes.

Scanfil will produce electronic assemblies for Framery at its factory in Pärnu, Estonia.

StenTech appointed SilvaCo sales representative for Southern California, Southern Nevada and Arizona.

Surface Technology International has secured a £11.3 million ($12.3 million), three-year asset-based lending facility for its EMS operations in the UK.

TRI opened a new office in Guadalajara, Mexico.

TVS Electronics launched electronics manufacturing services capability at its facility in Tumakuru, India.

Vicor secured a preliminary injunction that prevents Foxconn subsidiaries from pursuing arbitration against Vicor before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Foxconn had sought rulings from CIETAC based on fine print in its purchase orders, claiming entitlement to royalty-free licenses for Vicor’s patents.

ViTrox Americas opened a new demo lab in Hutto, TX, and named Hitronix Technology sales channel partner in Brazil.