The manufacturing landscape, especially in the electronics industry, might be called, at worst, volatile, or at best, lively. Electronics OEMs are managing a combination of business growth, demand changes, and more. It’s important to weigh the benefits against the potential downsides carefully before deciding to relocate. Moving manufacturing to a new location requires more than…
DetailsEach year, almost before the applause dies for the last conference speaker at the October Executive Conference, a new group of ECIA members starts to coalesce into a working committee. This year’s planning committee has been meeting since early this year, and already the program is taking shape. Chaired by Melanie Pizzey of TTI, Inc,…
DetailsThe Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) has announced that its board of directors elected new national officers for the 2019-2021 term during its Feb. 27, 2019, meeting. They are: chairman of the board – Dave Norris of Norris and Associates; president – Chuck Tanzola, CPMR, of the Fusion Sourcing Group; senior vice president / fiscal and…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Like much of the tech industry, Dean Kamen and his team are getting pulled into the matrix of AI. “I’ve spent 35 years building medical equipment, insulin pumps, and critical life-support systems … [using] well-understood algorithms with closed loop control,” said Kamen in an interview. “We have not used neural nets…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader empowering innovation, announces a global distribution agreement with krtkl inc. (“critical”), a provider of high-performance, low-power embedded hardware and software for edge computing applications ranging from mechatronics and automation to computer vision and remote sensing. Through the agreement, Mouser now stocks three krtkl products, including its…
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The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) has reported that global sales of capacitors, inductors, resistors and other passive components increased by 25.2 percent in calendar 2018. Unit shipments of these devices grew by 16.7 percent to 7.4 trillion. Last year was marked by severe shortages in passive components, particularly certain types of capacitors. Demand is…
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Material shortages often cause more surface mount technology (SMT) line downtime than changeovers. It doesn’t make sense to develop faster changeovers in equipment sets if those lines are stopped due to wrong or insufficient components being available at the line. Line downtime cost millions and with some factories running at close to capacity the impact…
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New product development (NPD) and new product introduction (NPI) practices have shifted drastically over the last decade as companies increase the pace of innovation to survive and prosper in the face of customer demands for greater performance at a lower price, increased global competition, and more stringent regulatory requirements. Product innovators now face the challenge…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, has been named the 2018 Global High Service Distributor by ON Semiconductor, a leading supplier of semiconductor-based solutions driving energy-efficient innovations, empowering customers to reduce global energy use. This is the second consecutive year that Mouser has received this top award.…
DetailsAvnet (Nasdaq: AVT), a leading global technology solutions company, is working with BitPay, the largest global blockchain payment provider, to accept cryptocurrency for products and services. Today’s developers are looking for flexibility as they take their products to market, and this announcement provides our customers with more convenient ways to complete their financial transactions. “We’re…
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