Michael Ford, Senior Director Emerging Industry Strategy, Aegis Software at APEX 2019
Supported by alarming statistics, counterfeit components are becoming a real challenge and threat to the electronic manufacturing industry. Aegis Software’s Michael Ford joined SCOOP founder Philip Stoten to share what they, along with IPC, are doing to assist with supply chain traceability to ensure that if counterfeits do enter the supply chain the source can […]
Eric Miscoll with Ravi Parthasarathy, Senior Application Engineer, Zestron at APEX 2019
Whilst roving the show floor search for insight and innovation, EMSNOW Publisher, Eric Miscoll, met with Ravi Parthasarathy, Senior Application Engineer at Zestron. As the semiconductor and SMT industries start to merge closer together, technical challenges shift from one to the other. In this interview, Ravi and Eric explore that trend and what it means […]
Manufacturing Bears Brunt of Brexit Worries
UK manufacturing has had another difficult month in the face of Brexit uncertainty, posting a four-month low for February of 52.0. It’s the lowest figure since the July 2016 reading, post-Referendum. This figure is hanging on to remain in growth territory – just – as manufacturers do all they can to prepare for and mitigate […]
Economic Activity in Manufacturing Sector Expanded in February, ISM’s PMI at 54.2%
New Orders, Production, and Employment Growing Supplier Deliveries Slowing at Slower Rate; Backlog Growing Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Growing (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February, and the overall economy grew for the 118th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives […]
Sparton Corporation Shareholders Approve Merger with Cerberus
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–Sparton Corporation (“Sparton”) (NYSE:SPA) announced that, at a special meeting of shareholders held today, the shareholders of Sparton approved the proposed acquisition of Sparton by Sparton Parent, Inc. (formerly known as Striker Parent 2018, LLC) (“Parent”), an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”), by adopting the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, […]