2020 is set to be a monumental year for the manufacturing industry. With 76 percent of voters interested in how presidential candidates will support and grow manufacturing in the U.S., all eyes are on leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to make the months and years ahead their most productive yet. From new technology innovations to…
Electronics component distributor WPG Holdings Co. purchased a 16.98 percent stake in rival WT Microelectronics Co. Ltd. for about $153.26 million, falling short of the 30 percent stake it aimed for last year. WPG’s board of directors last year approved the proposed acquisition of 177.11 million WT shares by a Jan. 30 deadline for NT$45.8…
U.S. government approval of two trade deals this week has drawn favorable response from the electronics industry. Trade organizations applaud the USMCA agreement and characterize a “phase one” deal with China as a good first step. Here’s what the IPC said: “The electronics manufacturing industry welcomes the U.S.-China “phase one” trade deal being signed in…
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $418.3 billion in 2019, down 11.9 percent from 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Intel regained the No. 1 position in the market as the downturn in the memory market negatively impacted many of the top vendors, including Samsung Electronics, the No. 1 vendor by revenue in 2018 and…
The biggest 5G opportunity for the electronics supply chain — infrastructure — is also its biggest inhibitor, according to one industry expert. Base stations, towers and data processing centers require a lot of industrial electronics, but nobody — literally — wants them in their backyard. “2020 will be the year that 5G scales,” Qualcomm Inc. President…
Editor’s note: EETimes and Aspencore have dedicated an entire site — and a lot of staff– to covering CES 2020. Check out the stories, the podcasts, the gadgets and our best-in-class analysis at https://ces.eetimes.com/ The supply chain is one of those things that nobody cares about until something goes wrong. Then it’s everybody’s problem. Remember…
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.12 billion in billings worldwide in November 2019 (three-month average basis), according to the November Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 1.9 percent higher than the final October 2019 level of $2.08 billion, and is 9.1 percent higher than the…
IC Insights predicts a record amount of IC capacity will be added by semiconductor manufacturers in 2020- 2021. Notably, most of that increase will come from the Far East. U.S. manufacturers across all industries, in a recent manufacturing survey, decreased their capital expenditure budgets for 2020. Typically, the IC industry meets most of its IC…
As the Year of the Pig draws toward its close, it’s time for manufacturing and supply chain professionals worldwide to finalize their operational plans for the Chinese New Year. The Lunar New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year (CNY), has been celebrated in China since the early Shang dynasty…
After weathering tumultuous tides of volatility over the past few years, 2020 is shaping up to be a better year for supply chain managers, thanks to increased market predictability, especially for sourcing materials. Still, The best defense—and greatest offense—for managing dynamic markets, product complexity and unpredictable supply conditions is an Intelligent Digital Supply Chain that…