EMSNOW Up Close: ECIA’s Don Elario and Phoenix Contact’s Russ Dzielak

Don Elario is the Electronic Component Industry Association (ECIA)’s Vice President of Industry Practices and Russ Dzielak is Phoenix Contact’s Director of Channel and Key Accounts; they are both part of ECIA’s Global Industry Practices Committee (GIPC) that works together to solve common cross-supply chain industry challenges. A work group of the GIPC has been […]

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions to Feature Solder Joint Ruggedization Solutions at SMTA Rocky Mountain Expo & Tech Forum and SMTA Dallas Expo & Tech Forum

South Plainfield, NJ USA – The Assembly Division of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, a global supplier of integrated solutions from our Circuitry, Assembly and Semiconductor divisions that provides unmatched capabilities in electronics design and manufacturing, will exhibit at the SMTA Rocky Mountain Expo & Tech Forum on Thursday, March 10 and at the SMTA Dallas […]

Supply Chains Must be More Resilient, Reports IDC

SOURCE Supply chain is undergoing a series of seismic shifts. Post-pandemic (said with optimism rather than certainty) demand is surging, supply is stumbling, logistics is backing up, and prices are climbing. There are shortages everywhere and the root causes are varied. In some cases, it is historical capacity unable to keep up with demand growth; […]

Semi Industry Capex Forecast to Jump 24% and Reach Over $190 Billion This Year

2020-2022 expected to be the first 3-year period of double-digit capex growth since 1993-1995. Figure 1 shows that after surging 36% in 2021, semiconductor industry capital spending is forecast to jump 24% in 2022 to a new all-time high of $190.4 billion, up 86% from just three years earlier in 2019. Moreover, if capital spending […]