Automotive IC Market on Pace for Third Consecutive Record Growth Year

18.5% forecast increase in 2018 driven by systems monitoring and control, safety, ADAS, convenience, and growth of autonomous driving. Continued rise of memory ASP adds to growth. Consumer demand and government mandates for electronic systems that improve vehicle performance, that add comfort and convenience, and that warn, detect, and take corrective measures to keep drivers […]

How to Retain Millennials? Give Them a Management Title, says Visier study

SAN JOSE, Calif. and VANCOUVER, Canada, A new study from Visier,  illustrates the power of management titles, promotions, and internal job hopping on retaining Millennials.* The Visier Insights™: Retaining Millennials report, published June 7, confirms the well-accepted view that Millennials resign more often, with a resignation rate that is nearly twice that of Non-Millennials (34.5 percent compared to 19.4 percent).** However, the report […]

Secretary Ross Announces $1.4 Billion ZTE Settlement

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Kangxun”) (collectively, “ZTE”) has agreed to severe additional penalties and compliance measures to replace the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) denial order imposed as […]

Jos Brehler, Totech, Asys Group at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2018

Following their acquisition by the ASYS Group, Totech, or Super Dry as many know them, have moved forward at quite a pace. Thier CEO, Jos Brehler joined Philip Stoten at SMT Hybrid Packaging in Nuremebrg, Germany to talk about the integration, the progress they have made and the opportunities and trends in component storage. Filmed […]