Austin (CTEA) Expo & Tech Forum Takes Place August 14
Register for SMTA’s Austin Expo. Presentations include a Live iPhone X Tear-down by Bill Cardoso, Creative Electron Inc; “Smart Autonomous Machine Platforms> IoT in Motion” by Kwok Wu, Ph.D., NXP Semiconductors; “Cybersecurity in Self-Driving Cars: Helping to Prevent Hacking” by Paul Golata, Mouser Electronics; and “Packaging and Assembly Challenges for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems” by Linda Bal, TechSearch International.
Innovation Is Thriving in Mexico
by Philip Stoten, SCOOP
Last week’s InnovationsFORUM in Guadalajara Mexico was testament to the success enjoyed by the region of Jalisco as it moves from low cost manufacturer to high tech innovator of products services and processes, whilst maintaining a growing and increasingly sophisticated manufacturing base.
The Trump Administration Further Escalates Tariffs on Chinese Products
By Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Nancy A. Fischer, Sahar J. Hafeez and Jorge Vera Originally published on Pillsbury’s Global Trade and Sanctions Law blog June 15, 2018 – U.S. proposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem duty on products from China (818 tariff categories) with an annual trade value of approximately $34 billion. The $34 billion action became effective on […]
200mm Fabs Add 600,000 Wafers Per Month – Is There an End in Sight?
By Christian G. Dieseldorff Tracking toward even stronger growth than forecast last year, 200mm fabs worldwide are gearing up to add more than 600,000 wafers per month from 2017 through 2022, an 11 percent growth rate that will lead to a new high of 6 million wafers per month by the end of 2022, according to […]
EIG Releases Cyber Secured Shark® 250 Power and Energy Meter for Utility and Critical Industrial Substations
WESTBURY, N.Y., — Electro Industries/GaugeTech (EIG) announces the release of its latest Shark® Series meter – the Shark® 250 power meter with enhanced revenue metering features, multiple serial or Ethernet ports for redundant communication, a large memory capacity for more significant load studies and a Cyber secured configuration. Its multiple advanced features include: 0.2% accuracy that […]