Semi Capex on Pace for 34% Growth in 2021 to Record $152.0 Billion

Foundries forecast to account for over one-third of semi capex spending this year. New factories and equipment for 7/5/3nm processes highlight growing dependence on foundry business model. Worldwide semi capex is on track to surge 34% in 2021, its strongest percentage gain since a 41% increase in 2017.  The $152.0 billion in outlays this year […]

Amphenol ICC FlexLock® 2.54mm FPC-to-Board Connectors in Stock at TTI

Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, announces the availability of Amphenol ICC’s FlexLock® 2.54mm FPC-to-Board Connectors from TTI. Amphenol’s FlexLock 2.54mm FPC-to-Board Connectors are designed to address the increasing demands of the automotive market. These compact, USCAR-T2V2-compatible connectors have a nominal current carrying capacity of 3A per contact […]

What’s the SCOOP – 2022 Trends with Cogiscan’s Michael Ho

Here’s what Cogiscan Director of Business Development sees as the key trends in 2022. I asked him to dig into those predictions a little deeper. “Digitalization, digitalization… digitalization! While many of us understood the value and importance of factory digitalization prior to 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the pressure for accelerating digitalization in […]

EMSNOW on Tour – Eric and Dieter Visit Zollner and Are Very Impressed

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Eric Miscoll and Dieter Weiss find their way through the snow to the Czech border and the town of Zandt, home to Europe’s largest domestic EMS and the world’s largest privately owned EMS, Zollner. As Eric so eloquently puts it, “The power and the might of tier one was on display.” It is hard not […]