Asia/Pacific PC Market Down by 11.6% in 2022, Slow Demand and Macroeconomic Conditions to Blame

IDC Forecasts Traditional PC shipments in Asia/Pacific to Go Down 7.6% in 2023 SINGAPORE – The traditional PC market (Desktops, Notebooks, and Workstations) in the Asia/Pacific (including Japan and China) region posted a 11.6% year-over-year (YoY) decline in 2022, reaching 106.6M units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Devices Tracker, Q4 2022. PC […]

Ventec International Group Earns IPC-4101 Qualified Products Listing

IPC’s Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC-4101, Specification for Base Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards Qualified Products Listing (QPL) to Ventec International Group, a global electronics materials manufacturing company headquartered in Suzhou, China. Ventec International Group provides high-reliability printed circuit board (PCB) base materials for diverse industries including military, aerospace, and automotive […]

EMS & The Economist – Episode 2 with Shawn Dubravac

In this new monthly series, Philip Stoten is joined by economists, Shawn Dubravac and Marco Annunziata to explore the latest economic trends and their impact on the EMS Industry. In this episode Philip and Shawn discuss the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and any potential contagion. They also explore the latest economic indicators, including […]

HANNOVER MESSE – a Knowledge Platform for Industrial Transformation

Industry is facing numerous challenges. It needs to reduce energy consumption due to sharp cost increases, reduce its carbon footprint and at the same time be prepared for taxonomies prescribed by capital providers and/or governments. HANNOVER MESSE offers the solutions to these challenges – both at exhibitors’ stands and up on the forum stages. Hannover, […]

Electrode Material from CO2 Leads to Exceptional Performance in Sodium-ion Batteries

Tallinn,  – UP Catalyst, a leading Estonian nanotechnology company, is proud to announce the achievement of superior performance in sodium-ion batteries using a novel electrode material derived from CO2. The tests were conducted by Titirici group, a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, focusing on the applications of carbon materials in renewable energy […]