Mike Rouman, Senior Marketing Manager at Siemens PLM at APEX 2018

Mike Rouman, Senior Marketing Manager at Siemens PLM joins Philip Stoten to chat about the tangible benefits of their merger with Mentor, one of a number of acquisitions during APEX 2018. Filmed on location in San Diego, California at APEX 2018, thanks to the sponsorship of Aegis Software, Cogiscan, Fuji America, Jabil, KIC, Koh Young […]

The Challenge of Tight Silicon Wafer Supply – Impacts and Implications

By Sungho Yoon, Sr. Market Research Analyst, and Dan Tracy, Sr. Director, SEMI Chip makers continue to struggle to secure more silicon wafers to meet market demand as production capacity has reportedly fallen short of their needs, particularly in the 300mm wafer segment – a trend that has led to record-low DOI(1) (Days of Inventory) […]

Mixing 3D Printing Technologies Helps Optimize Products

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Christie Digital Systems manufactures advanced digital projectors and displays using an innovative prototyping program that uses additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing. For Christie, the speed gains go toward improving products, rather than rushing to market with anything less than a perfect design.

UK Fuel Management Firm Applies Smart Data Collection to City Bio-Gas Buses

Bellshill-based fuel management firm, FUELlink Systems, has secured a landmark contract to install smart data collection devices on the latest environmentally friendly bio-gas buses in Nottingham, as it signs a new deal with Nottingham City Transport. The all new bio-gas buses have been fitted with the capability to integrate with an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled […]

March Manufacturing ISM Purchasing Managers Index at 59.3%

New Orders, Production, and Employment Growing Supplier Deliveries Slowing at Slower Rate; Backlog Same Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Increasing at Faster Rate; Exports and Imports Growing Tempe, Arizona — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in March, and the overall economy grew for the 107th consecutive month, say the nation’s […]