House task force pushes Pentagon to wean itself off Chinese sources
A House Armed Services Committee task force will release legislative proposals that would require the Pentagon to treat supply chain security as a “strategic priority” and identify a plan to wean itself off key materials sourced from China, according to a draft of the recommendations obtained by Federal News Network. The committee’s “Defense Critical Supply […]
Enabling Kepler’s Successful Lift-off: Celestica and Kepler Communications
Throughout 2020, Celestica served as a test partner for Kepler Communications – providing vibration testing services in support of their satellite program. This blog post describes Kepler’s goal to ‘bring the internet to space’ and Celestica’s role to make that vision a reality.
Stable European industry-scale fabrication value chains for solid-state-based quantum computer development
The (computational) performance of quantum computers relies heavily on their core hardware element: the qubit. Several approaches to realize qubits exist, yet they still lack stable scalable fabrication value chains to become industrially viable technologies. Project MATQu aims to expand the European expertise in materials and processes and enables the European industry to further develop […]
Ruthenium and Other Metals for High-Volume Passive Electronic Components: Examining the Supply Chain
Originally posted on TTI MarketEye blog By Dennis M. Zogbi According to our current estimates, the global value of primary materials consumed as dielectrics, electrodes and terminations in the worldwide fixed passive electronic component industry stands at USD$12 billion in 2021. Capacitors drive 70 percent of the demand for these materials in passive components, with […]
Plexus Announces Fiscal Third Quarter Financial Results
Fiscal third quarter 2021 revenue of $814 million GAAP diluted EPS of $0.95, including $0.04 of restructuring charges and $0.21 of stock-based compensation expense Initiates fiscal fourth quarter 2021 revenue guidance of $875 to $915 million with GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $1.13 to $1.29 NEENAH, WI – Plexus (NASDAQ: PLXS) today announced financial results for our fiscal third quarter ended July 3, 2021, and guidance for our […]