Growth-Based Incentives, Not Tariffs, Will Strengthen U.S. Chip Manufacturing and Leadership
by Devi Keller, Director, Global Policy, SIA In 2018, the U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on U.S. imports of semiconductors and other goods from China following a Section 301 investigation into China’s unfair trade practices. Since 60% of U.S. semiconductor imports from China are originally made in the U.S., distributed through global supply chains, and imported […]
Medical Device PCB standard reaches new milestone – aim for late summer industrial launch
Recently the IPC 6012 Medical Device Addendum reached a new milestone, passing the ballot after Industry review. “We are extremely content with this step forward, moving us closer to industry launch. The development of PCB standards is in general a time consuming process, the one for the Medical Addendum is no exception”, says Elmaticas Chair […]
MADE IN Episode #4 with Jim Rowan, Former CEO and COO of Dyson
Having had the biggest of big hitters from the EMS world on MADE IN, including Ex-CEO of FLEX Mike McNamara and CEO of JABIL Mark Mondello, we turn to the OEM world and to Jim Rowan who has held the most senior C-suite roles in OEM brands including Dyson and RIM (Blackberry). Hear what Jim […]
Five Things To Know about USMCA
July 1st marked the first day that goods and services in North America were traded under the new United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement. There is no doubt that most companies are still trying to figure out exactly what this means for their business.
Altus Has Soldering Solutions to Increase Throughput
Maximum throughput and reduced cycle times are key requirements in electronics manufacture today. Finding soldering solutions to meet these conditions was challenging until the introduction of CondensoX-Line Quad Core by Rehm which is now available from the UK and Ireland’s leading distributor of capital equipment, Altus Group. The throughput of vapour phase soldering systems can be limited […]