SMTA Releases Selective Soldering 101 Online Training Course
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) announced the recent release of Selective Soldering 101, the latest in a series of online training courses on the fundamentals of electronics assembly. The course will be useful for equipment operators, technicians, and engineers new to the industry that want to understand more about the soldering process […]
IPC Reports The Coronavirus Outbreak Will Likely Impact New Product Introductions
By Shawn DuBravac, IPC chief economist and Matt Kelly, IPC chief technologist According to IPC’s recent Coronavirus impact study (March update), roughly 22 percent of electronics manufacturers and suppliers reported that the coronavirus outbreak will result in fewer new product introductions (NPIs) in 2020. In a normal year, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) would be readying production […]
PVA Manufactures COVID-19 Emergency Ventilator
Cohoes, NY – PVA, a global supplier of automation equipment servicing the electronics, medical device, telecommunications, semiconductor, and defense industries, has rapidly manufactured an emergency ventilator to help combat supply shortages during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. PVA has more than 25 years of automation experience working with electronic components and currently is supplying solutions being utilized […]
Is EMS in Europe Headed for a Crisis?
In this second in a series of articles, Research Analyst Dieter Weiss reports on German response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the impact on EMS industry.