How will Mexico face the radical uncertainty of 2024?
SOURCE: Mexico News Daily The former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, shares his perspective on the year ahead. As we close out 2023, I have looked back at my previous end-of-year writings. It’s clear that words like uncertainty, complexity, and polycrisis dominate. But this year, to quote Ian Bremmer, “the wheels are coming off,” and radical geopolitical uncertainty is […]
CHIPS for America Releases Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment
CHIPS for America is announcing the availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the modernization and internal expansion of existing semiconductor fabrication facilities under the CHIPS Incentives Program. The PEA addresses the environmental effects of the modernization or internal expansion of existing current-generation and mature-node commercial facilities within their existing footprint throughout the […]
Exploring the Shift Towards a Sustainable PCB Industry with PCB Entrepreneur Steve Driver
In this interview filmed on location at Productronica 2023, Philip Stoten speaks to Steve Driver, an old friend and a seasoned industry veteran with a wealth of knowledge and insights into the evolution of the PCB industry and its shift towards sustainability. Steve shares his experiences from his tenure at Jiva Materials, where they’re pioneering […]
Jabil Completes the Divestiture of Mobility Business
Aligns Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Outlook to Reflect Close, Business Outlook Unchanged ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) announced today the closing of the transaction to divest its Mobility business to BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited (“BYDE”) in a cash transaction valued at $2.2 billion. The company previously announced the signing of a definitive agreement for […]
OEHHA Gets Back Up Again and the European Commission Gets Down to Business on RoHS
OEHHA Tries Again A year and a half ago the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) tried to revise the requirements for the Proposition 65-related Short-Form warning but failed to accomplish it within the timeframe required by California’s Administrative Procedures Act (APA), even though the time allowed had been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]