Video Series Shares Innovative Eco-Design Practices for a Circular Electronics Economy
March 17 Webinar Will Highlight Lessons Learned In 2021, iNEMI, IPC and Fraunhofer IZM hosted a series of interactive webinars featuring industry leaders sharing their experiences in implementing innovative eco-design work. The goal of these webinars — the Eco-Design for Circular Electronics Economy series — was to capture the best and most innovative practices […]
Electronics Industry Praises Congress for Providing $7.5 Million for Lead-Free Electronics R&D
The U.S. Senate last night approved an FY 2022 spending package that contains $7.5 million for further research and development on lead-free electronics in defense and high-performance applications, sending the measure to President Biden for his expected signature. “With lead-based electronics becoming more difficult and expensive for the U.S. Defense Department to procure – and […]
Foxconn suspends iPhone factories in Shenzhen amid lockdown of China’s southern tech hub
SOURCE Hong Kong (CNN Business)Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, has suspended operations in Shenzhen as China locks down the technology hub and several other regions to contain the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak in two years. The world’s second largest economy is still doggedly pursuing its zero-Covid strategy, even as other nations reopen and try to live […]
Onshoring Chip Production: Short-Term Challenges, Long-Term Potential
The semiconductor shortage has brought new attention to the need to onshore chip fabrication. Frank Cavallero does a deep dive into whether that’s feasible or not as well as the business implications.
Smart Manufacturing: Experts Weigh in on Talent Shortage and Solutions
SOURCE The acute chip shortage is laying bare the semiconductor industry’s talent shortage. Chip industry leaders and government officials are exploring fixes involving industry investments, training infrastructure, government policies and more investment as academia casts about for collaboration opportunities and ways to strengthen and scale skills development. Smart Manufacturing personifies some of the main problems: […]