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Procurement Pro takes a look at the top news stories from August 2025. Global semiconductor market shows continued growth in Q2 The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organisation has released Q2 statistical data and confirmed the WSTS Spring forecast for the global semiconductor market through 2026. The global semiconductor market reached €346 billion in the first

Impulse Embedded announces the launch of its newly redesigned website. The site improvement offers a cleaner, more intuitive experience for customers exploring and specifying industrial devices. Impulse Embedded worked closely with Venditan, a UK-based e-commerce platform and development agency, to create a site tailored to the needs of industrial computing customers. The website reflects a

Mouser Electronics released its latest Mouser Talks Tech video episode with renowned inventor Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST. In this exclusive interview, Kamen talks about the impact of FIRST in inspiring students and fostering growth in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. The Mouser Talks Tech video series shares perspectives from experts across the

The annual award from the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), a SEMI technology community, and the Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) will be presented at the Phil Kaufman Award presentation and banquet, 6th November in San Jose, Calif. The organisations are honouring Tan for

India is due to see the building of its first compound semiconductor fab, as the government recently announced the addition of four new projects aiming to build supply chain resilience and domestic chip production. Its semiconductor market is forecast to grow approximately $45 to $50 billion by the end of 2025, which will grow to

Samsung Electronics plans to establish an advanced chip packaging research and development centre in Yokohama, Japan, with an investment of  ¥25 billion ($170 million), according to The Korea Economic Daily. The facility, scheduled to open in March 2027, aims to deepen the South Korean company’s collaboration with Japanese materials and equipment suppliers, as well as

TechWorks’ roots as a trade association set up by semiconductor companies who saw the need for a body that would represent their interests began life as National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) in 1996 before rebranding to TechWorks in 2013. It was established in Glasgow. At the time, the ‘Silicon Glen’ was in full flow, a term

VVDN Technologies, a provider of software, product engineering and electronics manufacturing services and solutions, has announced it is setting up a new manufacturing facility in the UAE as part of its global expansion strategy. The new facility, which is slated to be operational in four weeks, is another major milestone for the company. It is

Intel shares jumped by 5% in after-hours trade in New York on Monday after SoftBank announced it would be buying a $2 billion (£1.5 billion) stake in Intel, equating to $23 per share. It follows the latest in the US government’s push for sovereign manufacturing after reports circulated that the government planned on buying a