EIPC TECHNICAL WEBINAR – WEDNESDAY May 19 @ 15.00 hrs CET

FOUR IS BETTER THAN THREE Those who write scripts for crime dramas are devoted to TLA’s (Three Letter Acronyms) and so the viewers are bombarded with OCG’s, DSO’s, SOCO’s, RTA’s, etc etc. We prefer the FLA (Four Letter Acronym) which is an improvement on some our own industry TLA’s such as PTH, PCB, MLB, and […]

Optek Smart Sensor Modules Now Available from TTI

Fort Worth, Texas –  TTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, is now stocking the OPB9001 Reflective Optical Sensor from TT Electronics – Optek. This sensor is targeted for the medical and industrial applications including industrial printing, dispensing, manufacturing automation and portable lab/medical equipment. Optek’s OPB9001 is a reflective, CMOS logic output sensor […]

EMSNOW Manufacturer Profile: PCI Private Limited

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From time to time, we do a deep dive into one of the industry’s EMS organizations to alert our audience to new potential partners. The industry keeps evolving, bringing on new strengths and capabilities, and we report on these changes through case studies from time to time. Founded in 1971, PCI is a leading specialist in electronics manufacturing services (EMS) headquartered in Singapore. It focuses on a …

Apple supplier Foxconn raises bonus for new assembly line workers as iPhone production heats up

Foxconn Technology Group’s plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, site of the world’s largest manufacturing complex for iPhones, recently raised bonus pay for new recruits, signalling strong production activity amid robust sales for  Apple’s 5G smartphone and preparations for its next version. The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, has […]

Q1 Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 3.6% Over Previous Quarter

Worldwide sales for March increase 17.8% year-to-year, 3.7% month-to-month WASHINGTON—April 30, 2021—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $123.1 billion during the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 3.6% over the previous quarter and 17.8% more than the first quarter of 2020. Global sales for the month of March […]