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Amphenol Reports Record Q2 2026 Results, Sales Reach $8.8B
The Company continues to deploy its financial strength in a variety of ways to increase shareholder value. During the second quarter, the Company...
Element Solutions Inc Reports Record Q2 2026 Financial Results
Element Solutions Inc, a global and diversified specialty chemicals technology company, announced its financial results for the three and six months...
PCB Industry Momentum Continues with 12% Shipment Growth and Strong Book-to-Bill
The Global Electronics Association announced today the June 2026 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program....
Exeter Street Recapitalizes Price Circuits, Circuitronics
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Punching Out: M&A Deals in North American PCB and EMS Sectors for the First Half of 2026
July 30, 2026 | Tom Kastner, Punching Out!
Mergers and acquisitions deals in the EMS and PCB sectors in North America in the first half of 2026 were pretty slow for a while, and then, boom, a bunch of deals were announced in May and June, and even more in July. In fact, I hadn’t heard of one deal in the PCB space until June. It is not difficult to understand why deals were moving slowly so far in 2026. The conflict in Iran, higher oil prices, and economic uncertainty contributed to the lack of deal flow.
Below the Surface: Ceramic vs. PCB—When ‘Good Enough’ Becomes System Failure
July 28, 2026 | Chandra Gupta, Below the Surface
Let’s start with the question engineers are increasingly asking themselves: “When should I use ceramic instead of FR-4?” It’s a fair question. FR-4 has been the backbone of electronics for decades. It’s affordable, widely available, and for many applications, it works just fine. Until it doesn’t.
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American Made Advocacy: PCBAA’s Fifth Annual Meeting—Growing Membership and Valuable Relationships
July 21, 2026 | Shane Whiteside, American Made Advocacy
The Printed Circuit Board Association of America recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. We began with five member companies that banded together to influence legislation favorable to our industry. Today, we have 90 members across...
Marcy’s Musings: From Business Diversification to Designing Display Electronics
July 16, 2026 | Marcy LaRont, Marcy's Musings
I love this time of year. Aside from summer, I appreciate the natural pause from the busyness of trade shows, conferences, airport delays, and back-to-back Teams meetings. Colleagues become a bit harder to reach as family vacations...
The Chemical Connection: Back to Basic Cupric Chloride Etching
July 8, 2026 | Don Ball, The Chemical Connection
We have received several calls in the past few months from younger process people who have been thrust into more senior process positions as their older colleagues retire. They’ve realized they lack the practical knowledge their...
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