Gartner Survey Shows Digitalization Misconceptions Threaten Organizations as the Top Emerging Risk in 3Q19
Emerging Risks Monitor Report Also Notes Lagging Progress in Digitalization Efforts Concerns about digitalization misconceptions, as well as the pace of their organizations’ digitalization efforts, topped business leaders’ concerns in Gartner, Inc.’s latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Gartner surveyed 144 senior executives across industries and geographies and the results showed that “digitalization misconceptions” had risen to […]
AWS Electronics Renews JOSCAR Accreditation
Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK – AWS Electronics Group, one of Europe’s leading Specialist Electronics Manufacturing Services Providers, are proud to announce that they have once again been approved for the JOSCAR accreditation, awarded by Hellios, as well as being re-registered to the supplier accreditation register. The JOSCAR accreditation reduces the time, cost and resources needed to provide […]
Indium Corporation Features WS-446HF Flip-Chip and Ball-Attach Flux at IEEE EPTC Singapore 2019
Indium Corporation will feature its new combined flip-chip and ball-attach flux, designed to provide a simple solution to SiP and flip-chip BGA assembly, at IEEE EPTC Singapore 2019, December 4-6, in Singapore. WS-446HF is a water-soluble, halogen-free flux with an activator system powerful enough to promote good wetting on the most demanding surfaces, including solder-on-pad (SoP), Cu-OSP, ENIG, and […]
Phil Zarrow of ITM Consulting and the Surface Mount & Circuit Board Association (SMCBA) to present SMT Electronic Assembly “Boot Camp” in Australia and NZ
The SMCBA will be sponsoring the ITM Consulting SMT Electronic Assembly Boot Camp this November in Australia and New Zealand. The SMT Electronics Assembly “Boot Camp” Workshop is a practical overview of the many different processes and materials used in through-hole and surface mount technologies (SMT). It provides a practical understanding of the processes, equipment, […]
The Reading Room – What’s The SCOOP?

Quotas, market upticks, China’s pork crisis, empathy and phonosapien, EMS 2.0, trade wars, tariffs, Tesla and twins. That’s the SCOOP this week in The Reading Room, now in its regular Friday slot.