Circuits Assembly Magazine

PENANG, MALAYSIA – ViTrox Americas is pleased to announce the appointment of Huy Pham as Technical Support Engineer, strengthening the company’s commitment to delivering world-class service and technical expertise to customers throughout North America. In his new role, Pham will provide technical support, troubleshooting, training, and applications assistance for ViTrox’s industry-leading inspection and manufacturing intelligence solutions.

SAN DIEGO, CA -- XLR8 EMS, a leader in fast, reliable and high-quality PCBA manufacturing solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Dutton as Chief Sales Officer. Dutton brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in the electronics manufacturing industry, with an extensive background in business development, operations, engineering and strategic growth.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced that PCB East 2027 booth sales are now open for returning exhibitors and PCEA Gold and Platinum corporate members. The one-day exhibition will take place Wednesday, April 28, while the four-day technical conference will take place April 27 - 30. All events will be held at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. Attendance at the PCB East 2026 conference and exhibition rose nearly 48% year-over-year.

FORT WORTH, TX -- Foxlink Group has opened its first AI Factory in the United States, launching a new advanced manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, TX, as part of its strategy to integrate artificial intelligence into electronics manufacturing operations. The company said the facility represents a shift from its traditional role as an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider toward an AI-enabled manufacturing model.

San Jose, CA -- Javad EMS (JEMS), a leading global EMS company that provides low to medium volume, high-mix applications, has added a SEHO PowerWave 3.0 wave solder system to its production floor, strengthening its through-hole soldering capabilities to better serve customers in the military, aerospace and other high-reliability markets. The new system provides improved process control and soldering consistency for leaded applications while increasing capacity to support growing customer demand.

OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Junta Tsujinaga) Industrial Automation Company announced in Japan an expansion of its integration of NVIDIA technologies by combining OMRON's Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) and 3D-CT X-ray Inspection (AXI) with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.

SIEVI, FINLAND -- Scanfil reported second-quarter revenue of approximately $303 million, up 28% from $237 million a year earlier, while first-half revenue increased 23% to approximately $571 million from $462 million. Organic growth was 4% in the second quarter and 5% for the first six months of the year.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The exhibition floor space is almost sold out for this year’s PCB West, the largest exhibition and conference for printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly in the Silicon Valley, Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) said today. Fewer than 5% of booths remain for the annual event, PCEA added. Last year marked the eleventh time in 12 years that all booths have been sold for the popular exhibition.

Plymouth, WI -- Kurtz Ersa Inc., a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, will host two VERSAFLOW 4/55 training courses July 27–31 at its U.S. headquarters, located at 1779 Pilgrim Road in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The training is designed for operators, technicians and process engineers who want to expand their knowledge of the VERSAFLOW selective soldering platform through hands-on instruction led by Kurtz Ersa specialists.

FREUDENSTADT -- Schmid Group reported preliminary second-quarter revenue of $32 million on equipment order intake of approximately $35 million, citing continued improvement in demand across the electronics industry. Year-to-date equipment orders reached approximately $95 million, including a previously announced repeat order valued at more than $43 million, while the company's equipment order backlog stood at approximately $64 million at the end of the quarter.