It’s Time to Reinvent

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CES’s opening keynote from Ford President and CEO, Jim Hackett, shows how the world has changed, how industries have been hugely disrupted, and how even the largest corporations must change the way they think about their offering, their responsibilities, and their customers.

Salary Budgets are Rising, Says New IPC Salary Study

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, January, 2018 — Expanding salary budgets for North American electronics assembly companies are among the findings of a new study published by IPC this week. The 2017 Wage Rate & Salary Study for the North American Electronics Assembly Industry is now available for purchase. Average growth in salary budgets in 2017 and […]

Opportunities for VR Hardware Differentiation Crumble

Opportunities for VR Hardware Differentiation Crumble as Competitive Focus Shifts to App Stores, Audience Engagement and Regional Market Needs Early VR leaders like Google, Samsung, Facebook/Oculus, HTC, and Valve will continue to drive the market forward, but differentiation between HMDs with a common form factor, such as tethered or mobile reliant, will become increasingly challenging, […]

Dieter G. Weiss Joins EMSNOW’s Growing Team of Columnists

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Dieter G. Weiss joins our team as columnist, adding his flamboyant and iconoclastic (some might even say weird) voice to our coverage of the European EMS industry. Dieter has worked in the electronics industry for forty years, mainly in Germany, but also in New York, Ireland and Hong Kong. As he describes his career, it […]