Manufacturing Industry Asked to Participate in Survey of Reshoring Opportunities
McLean, Va. – What products and components offer the biggest opportunities for reshoring? What advanced manufacturing technology is needed to enable the reshoring? To what degree did the pandemic disrupt supply chains, and how did it affect sourcing? To answer these questions and better understand the needs of the manufacturing technology community, AMT – The […]
2020: What Did We Learn?

Over the past twelve months, Zestron’s Cleaning Chronicles have covered a wide range of topics that were meant to expose, educate, and enlighten readers about various aspects of electronics cleaning within the SMT electronics industry. What have we learned?
KATEK Hosts ‘Festival of Electronics’ Event
KATEK’s Festival of Electronics Event features an impressive roster of speakers including Dieter Weiss, Randi Zuckerberg and more. “We see digitalization as an opportunity for the transformation of the EMS industry and want to work with the industry to shape the future of electronic ideas. Under the motto #smartfuture, we are launching the Festival of Electronics series […]
North American PCB Industry Sales up 1 Percent in November
IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for November 2020 IPC announced the November 2020 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.05. Total North American PCB shipments in November 2020 were up 1.0 percent compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, November […]
Indium Corporation Announces Lead-Free Solder Alloys Webinar
Indium Corporation’s Dr. HongWen Zhang, R&D Manager, Alloy Group, will host a webinar on the ongoing evolution of lead-free solder alloys via WebEx on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time/3 p.m. British Time. When the world was moving toward green manufacturing, lead-free soldering—originally driven by RoHS (Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances in electrical and […]