The Reading Room – What’s The SCOOP?
Last shopping days before CES and Chinese New Year, supply chain advice from Ron Keith, Salesforce and Unilever keynotes at CES, democratizing and disrupting innovation, 3D Printing trends, Industry 4.0, collecting space junk, ten 100-year-old manufacturing companies, me on Mike Konrad’s Reliability Matters podcast and two Aegis execs for the price of one. That’s the SCOOP this week.
Global Fab Equipment Spending Rebounds in Second Half of 2019 with Stronger 2020 Projected, SEMI Reports
MILPITAS, Calif. – Projected 2019 global fab equipment spending has been revised upward to US$56.6 billion on the strength of surging memory investments in the latter part of the year after a weak first half, SEMI reported today in its World Fab Forecast. SEMI data now point to just a 7 percent decline in fab […]
Worldwide Gaming PCs and Monitor Shipments Will Total Nearly 44 Million in 2019, According to IDC
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Global shipments of gaming desktop and notebook PCs reached 10 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), an increase of 10.1% year over year. Shipments of gaming monitors grew 76.4% year over year to 2.2 million units in 3Q19, according to the latest results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) […]
Blackline Safety Brings Manufacturing In-House for Quality Control and Production Flexibility, Selects ASM Solutions
Munich (Germany) – Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX.V: BLN), a leading developer and producer of personal and area safety monitoring devices for the gas industry, has selected ASM Assembly Systems (ASM) as its technology partner for the company’s electronic manufacturing requirements. Calgary, Canada-based Blackline recently made the strategic decision to manage electronics assembly in-house, citing quality […]
CapitalWorks Announces Merger of Libra Industries and GEMCITY Engineering and Manufacturing
CLEVELAND, OHIO – CapitalWorks is excited to announce that its contract manufacturing portfolio companies Libra Industries (“Libra”) and GEMCITY Engineering & Manufacturing (“GEMCITY”) have merged and will operate as Libra Industries going forward. Rod Howell, the former owner and CEO of Libra, will serve as CEO of the combined business. The merger leverages the leading […]