EMSNOW Supplier Interview: Tim Twining, Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is a valuable source of materials innovation for the electronics industry. They help solve customer challenges with an ever-expanding line of solder and assembly products. Founded in 1934, the company has provided …
Supply Chain Visibility is an Operations Game Changer
Supply chain visibility is real-time insight into supply chain materials, orders, suppliers and component information. This real-time data analytics is critical for improving supply chain planning, particularly at granular levels; boosting performance; making time-sensitive decisions; and reducing errors. In this article Jabil’s Ravi Ravishankar explains what to consider in achieving supply chain visibility.
Making the Invisible Visible: Automated Defect Detection Improves Sapphire Yields
By Serena Brischetto, SEMI Sapphire is a precious gemstone, consisting of aluminum oxide (α-Al2O3) with occasional traces of other elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium or magnesium. While sapphire stones found in nature mostly go to jewelry applications, the lab-grown sapphire – produced in a scale of up to several hundred tons per year […]
Traditional PC Volumes Close Out an Impressive 2019 with Fourth Quarter Growth of 4.8%, According to IDC
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.– The worldwide market for traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, finished an impressive 2019 with fourth quarter growth of 4.8% year over year, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Global shipments during the quarter beat forecast expectations at just under 71.8 […]