Plexus Supports Future Engineers through Local Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics is a mentor-based program that inspires young students to gain engineering and technology skills. For more than 20 years, Plexus has sponsored the FIRST Robotics competition team, Team 93: Apple Corps, based in Appleton, Wisconsin. Every year, Team 93 puts their skills to the test to design, build and program a robot to […]

ZESTRON to Exhibit at SMTA Michigan Expo and Tech Forum

Manassas, VA –  ZESTRON, a provider of high precision cleaning products, services and training solutions in the electronics manufacturing and semiconductor industries, will feature HYDRON® SE 220, the latest in pH neutral cleaning solutions at SMTA Michigan Expo and Tech Forum. Since the introduction of its first pH neutral defluxing agent in 2010, ZESTRON continues […]

Thirteen Top-15 1Q18 Semi Suppliers Register Double-Digit Gains

Samsung extends its number one ranking and sales lead over Intel to 23%. The top-15 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1Q18 is shown in Figure 1.  It includes eight suppliers headquartered in the U.S., three in Europe, two in South Korea, and one each in Taiwan and Japan.  After […]

From the Publisher: What China Price?

International trade

A few weeks ago, we introduced a series of articles describing trends we have observed as the EMS industry has evolved over the last few decades. We outlined six themes that we promised we would elaborate on over the coming weeks. At long last, we pick up the first of those. Here’s what we said…