Unemployment in Mexico Holds Steady at 3.4%

Employment in the informal sector skyrocketed in February to its highest level in 30 months In Mexico City the second highest unemployment rate in the country was registered with 5.60% of economically active looking for employment, only below Tabasco (7.82 percent). During February 2019 the proportion of Mexicans working in the informal sector represented 57.73% of the […]

Local Chapter SMTA Expos Gain Traction in the Americas

EMSNOW Publisher Eric Miscoll stopped by the SMTA Dallas Expo last week . These SMTA regional events have become very popular with exhibitors and attendees alike. There is a huge benefit in getting closer to end customers, and meeting with people that might not have the time or budget to attend the national events. According […]

ZESTRON will be Exhibiting at SMTA West Penn Expo

Manassas, VA –  ZESTRON, a global provider of high precision cleaning products, services, and training solutions in the electronics manufacturing and semiconductor industries, is pleased to announce that it will be featuring the latest in pH neutral cleaning solutions at the SMTA West Penn Expo & Tech Forum. Since the introduction of the first pH […]

Huawei Chooses Universal to Automate Complex Server Assembly 

Leading information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure provider boosts productivity by more than 250%. Huawei Technologies Co., the world’s largest telecommunication equipment and service provider, has chosen Universal Instruments’ FuzionOF™ Platform to automate complex component placement in its server board applications. They have begun scaling FuzionOF in production, replacing manual assembly processes and realizing substantial output […]

U.S. Companies Continue to Represent Largest Share of Fabless IC Sales

Chinese companies log fastest growth since 2010 and now hold a 13% share of fabless IC sales.IC Insights published its updated 2019-2023 semiconductor market forecasts and top-40 IDM and top-50 fabless IC company sales rankings in its recently released March Update, the first monthly Update to the 500-page, 2019 edition of The McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of […]