The Reading Room – What’s the SCOOP?

After hijacking a space on EMSNOW’s homepage while I guest edited the publication, their esteemed editor, Jennifer Read, has kindly allowed me back on a weekly basis to share some of what I am watching, reading and even listening to. So, here’s a few things I’ve enjoyed this week, some of which you will see […]
Industry 4.0 Teams Stimulate Plant Simulation Software Revenues to US$4.1 Billion by 2030, says ABI Research
OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK – As Industry 4.0 progresses and more companies introduce more transformative technologies in industrial applications, the demand for ways to test the impact of those technologies in the digital world before implementing them in the real world will continue to rise. Plant simulation software for production and processes can help meet […]
Economic Growth to Continue in the U.S. Throughout 2019, says ISM
(Tempe, AZ) — Economic growth is expected to continue in the U.S. throughout 2019, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in their Spring 2019 Semiannual Economic Forecast. Expectations for the remainder of 2019 continue to be positive in both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. These projections are part of the forecast issued by the […]
Digicom Electronics’ ROACH System Captured the Data that Enabled Scientists to See the First Image of a Black Hole
Oakland, Calif. -Digicom Electronics, Inc., a technology and quality-driven Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) company based in Oakland, CA, announces that its Reconfigurable Open Architecture Computing Hardware (ROACH) System (the spectrometer system it builds for worldwide astronomers) was instrumental in collecting the data used to capture the first-ever photo of a black hole. The ROACH System, […]
EMSNOW Executive Interview: Chintan Sutaria, President, CalcuQuote

CalcuQuote is an end-to-end RFQ Management System designed specifically for the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry. Its founder is a young entrepreneur, whose family owned an EMS. He took on one of the main pain points of the industry – quoting – and offers a solution to reduce the time it takes from days to minutes. EMSNOW asked him about his solution and why the industry should consider an alternative to home grown spreadsheets.