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 […]
Case Study: Medical OEM Requires Complex Design, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain Solution

In order to capture early share in the HPV diagnostic market, Plexus was engaged to design and develop a non-assay system that performed decapping, recapping and sample prep functions to secure floor space and alleviate the need for tedious tasks that would otherwise need to be performed by lab operators.
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 […]