Hartmut Liebel To Become Chief Executive Officer of Sanmina

Sanmina Corporation a leading integrated manufacturing solutions company, announced the Board of Directors has voted to appoint Hartmut Liebel as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 30, 2019.   Mr. Liebel will succeed Michael Clarke who will remain in an advisory capacity through a transition period. “Hartmut joined Sanmina in July and has quickly demonstrated his leadership […]

Jabil’s Brooks to Keynote Additive Electronics Conference

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The SMTA announced Rich Brooks, Senior Engineering Manager at Jabil Circuit, Inc., will keynote the Additive Electronics Conference on October 24, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose in San Jose, California. Mr. Brooks will present “Miniaturization – Driving the Advances in PCB Technology and Assembly” in which he will discuss […]

Research Reveals How to Manufacture a World Class Leader

An innovative and thought-provoking new research report revealing what makes a great leader in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, is now available to download for free. The ‘World Class Leader Report’ has been produced by executive search and recruitment specialist TS Grale. It offers in-depth interviews with more than 20 board level executives and directors […]

Semiconductor Acquisitions Regain Momentum in 2019

This year’s merger and acquisition announcements are driven by deals in networking and wireless connectivity ICs and by suppliers adding products for automotive systems and other strong-growth end-use markets into the next decade. After slowing in the past couple years, semiconductor merger and acquisition activity strengthened in the first eight months of 2019 with the […]