Eric Miscoll with Ravi Parthasarathy, Senior Application Engineer, Zestron
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 […]
Plexus Announces Fourth Facility Certified to Manufacture Class III Finished Medical Devices
NEENAH, Wis. — Plexus (NASDAQ: PLXS) announced that its Azteca Manufacturing facility, located in Guadalajara, Mexico, achieved Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval to manufacture finished, Class III medical devices. Michael Tendick, Plexus Market Sector Vice President – Healthcare and Life Sciences, commented, “Class III medical registration represents the ability to manufacture the highest risk medical […]
Why companies urgently need to rethink their automation strategies
All around us – in our homes, in our cars and in our hands – products are getting smarter. They interact with us – respond to our touch and our voice and adapt to our needs. They are responsive, flexible and intelligent. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said about many of the factories that make these products….
Walt Custer’s Weekly Update for TTI MarketEye
By Walt Custer 2Q’19 Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth by Sector Based on still incomplete data due to some unreleased 2Q’19 financial reports, we now estimate that second quarter global electronic equipment sales declined 0.9 percent versus the same quarter last year (chart 1). Chart 2 provides our current estimate of second-quarter growth by sector […]
M&A in Defense and Security Market Reaches Record High of USD130 Billion in Q2 2019, Says Jane’s by IHS Markit
The merger of Raytheon and United Technologies Corporation catapulted the value of mergers and acquisition activity in the defense domains to a record USD130 billion high, although pressure from regulators may hamper future transformational activity. LONDON- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the defense and security domains was valued at USD130 billion during the three […]