SMTC Corporation Announces Plan to Exit China; Provides Updated Guidance for Fiscal 2019 and Provides Initial 2020 Guidance
TORONTO — SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTX), a global electronics manufacturing services provider and winner of the Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 Best Practices Award for Customer Value Leadership in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry, today announced it plans to wind-down its Chinese manufacturing operations when its current Dongguan, China facility lease expires in December 2019. “Customer concerns […]
Gartner Says Organizations Face Increasing Difficulty Filling Roles In Competitive Labor Market
HR Leaders Are Discussing Talent Sourcing Challenges and Strategies at Gartner ReimagineHR in London More than half of business leaders have difficulty attracting potential candidates with the exact skill sets required by hiring managers today than five years ago, according to Gartner Inc. Today’s hypercompetitive labor market — where 90% of S&P 100 companies in […]
ZESTRON will be Exhibiting at SMTA International 2019
Manassas, VA – ZESTRON, the 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 recently released decoating cleaning agent, ATRON® DC at SMTA International 2019. ATRON® DC is a maintenance cleaning agent designed to remove conformal […]
SMTA’s 2019 JoAnn Stromberg Scholarship Winner Announced
Minneapolis, MN – We are pleased to announce, Kim Porter, Lorain County Community College (LCCC), has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Joann Stromberg Student Leadership Scholarship. The SMTA Awards Committee selected Kim for her committed leadership in the SMTA. Kim is currently pursuing an Associate’s Degree in Micro Electromechanical Systems MEMS at […]
The Reading Room – What’s the SCOOP?

Robots crawling around your brain, Sanmina’s new CEOs, the duality of digital, the impact of AI, learning to fly, billionaire boss off the bots, and female founders. That’s the SCOOP this week! Now in a regular Friday spot, this is the Reading Room, a weekly roundup of what we’ve been reading, watching and listening to.