Electronics Manufacturers Report Slowing Growth and a Cautiously Optimistic Outlook
Growth is slowing worldwide and the industry’s outlook is less optimistic than in previous quarters, although it is still generally positive, according to the results of IPC’s fourth-quarter 2019 Pulse of the Electronics Industry survey. Based on responses from 82 companies that make up a representative sample of the industry, global third-quarter 2019 sales growth, […]
Robotics Industry Set for Seismic Change as Growth Shifts from Fixed Automation to Mobile Systems in Enterprise
. Of the 8 million robots shipped in 2030, nearly 6 million will be mobile The robotics market is set to transform over the next 10 years, based on the most comprehensive robotics tracker yet released by global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. There will be enormous growth across all subsectors, highlighted in a […]
SEHO establishes subsidiary in China
SEHO Systems GmbH, one of the leading global manufacturers of complete solutions for soldering processes and automated production lines, is establishing a subsidiary in China. With this new subsidiary in Shanghai, SEHO intends to expand its presence in the Asian market and focus on the requirements of its Chinese customers. SEHO can look back on […]
EMSNOW Executive Interview: Marco Duarte, Corporate Sales Director, IKOR

IKOR is a global EMS serving customers on all five continents and all key, emerging and mature markets from plants in Spain, Mexico and China. Recently, IKOR was acquired by ebm-papst; in addition, the company welcomed as it new corporate sales director Marco Duarte, who spent 10 years with ebm-papst. We caught up with Marco recently because the merger of a fan and motor manufacturer with an EMS is not something that happens every day, and we wanted to find out more about the strategy.