When Evaluating Vendors, 64% of Manufacturers Surveyed Cite Strong Onboarding and Ongoing Support as Crucial
Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research recently completed its 2024 Manufacturers’ Technology Adoption & Attitudes Survey, a comprehensive survey of 461 manufacturing decision-makers across the United States, Malaysia, and Germany to uncover real-world attitudes, adoption trends, and valuable insights that reflect the current technological landscape within the manufacturing industry. When asked which criteria were most important when […]
Up Close with David Schild, Executive Director, Printed Circuit Board Association of America (PCBAA)
David Schild of the PCBAA offers EMSNOW an update about the fast moving events impacting the PCB industry in the U.S. including the supply chain disruptions that are expected from the dockworkers’ strike, weather events, wars in Europe and the Mideast and so on. It’s not “if” there will be global disruptions, but “when”, David […]
Zero Defects in Manufacturing: A Deep Dive into Advanced AOI Solutions with Aaron Shelton from WIT
Join Philip Stoten as he talks to Aaron Shelton from WIT, a pioneering Japanese company, to uncover the secrets behind their inspection solutions. Aaron explains how their technology serves as a critical verification tool for Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) systems, enabling operators to make more accurate judgments and significantly reducing the risk of defects escaping. […]
Battery Prices Continue Downward Trend, but Can It Continue?
By Dr Alex Holland, Research Director at IDTechEx The recent report from IDTechEx, “Li-ion Battery Market 2025-2035: Technologies, Players, Applications, Outlooks and Forecasts”, forecasts the Li-ion battery cell market to reach over US$400 billion by 2035. In this article, IDTechEx Research Director Dr Alex Holland takes a look at the falling battery costs and how […]
Department of Defense Awards $30 Million to Expand Domestic Printed Circuit Board and Substrate Production
The Department of Defense announced a $30 million award to TTM Technologies Inc. (TTM) in Santa Ana, California. This award, facilitated through the Defense Production Act Purchases (DPAP) office, will enable TTM to acquire and install advanced manufacturing equipment and develop prototype designs for printed circuit boards. The project will commence at TTM’s Centers of […]