On track to surpass $400 billion in sales, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization raised its forecast to an annual growth rate of 20.6 percent in 2017 and seven percent in 2018, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The largest growth categories include memory (60.1%), followed by sensors (15.9%). All geographical regions are…
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This year’s Logistics Meets Innovation 2017 Conference, held last month in Brussels, ficysed on collaboration in logistics, and the exploration and discussion of emerging technologies in the transportation and logistics supply chain industry. The result was broad agreement about trends and promising strategies for leveraging technology to optimize the supply chain. The complexity of today’s supply…
DetailsTo succeed in today's competitive market, factories across the supply chain are automating anything that can be profitably—and flexibly—automated. Yet the endeavor can be daunting and costly, requiring major investments in new infrastructure, software, and other technologies. Consider automating internal transportation tasks as an example. Until recently, the only options were traditional conveyor belts (inflexible…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, is now stocking the CoolX600 NFF Series convection-cooled modular power supply from Excelsys. The CoolX600 NFF Series is the new, revolutionary, convection-cooled modular power supply platform from Excelsys Technologies which delivers an incredible 600W without fan assisted cooling…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now offering the iCE40UP3K and iCE40UP5K iCE40 UltraPlus FPGAs from Lattice Semiconductor. The newest additions to Lattice’s popular iCE40 product family, the UltraPlus FPGA and sensor manager devices deliver eight times more memory, twice the number of digital signal processors (DSPs),…
DetailsDelphi’s AK series Class 4 connectors can now be sourced in Europe through TTI, Inc., a world leading specialist distributor of electronic components. The compact components are very easy to mate and unmate and have been designed primarily for power conversion applications like battery and inverter connections. AK series connectors from Delphi provide high shielding…
DetailsPrysmian Group (BIT: PRY) and General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Prysmian will acquire General Cable for $30.00 per share in cash. The transaction values General Cable at approximately $3 billion, including debt and certain other General Cable liabilities, and represents a premium of approximately 81% to the General Cable closing price of $16.55 per share on July 14, 2017, the last day…
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The answer is not yet, according to a new survey released by JAGGAER in cooperation with the Austrian Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BMÖ). Although the survey finds a majority of companies wary of using the newest technologies, including blockchain, robotic process automation (RPA), and digital assistants/chatbots in their procurement organizations, they…
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Logistics companies are under extreme pressure today. Faced with trucker driver shortages, rising customer expectations, high turnover, possible wage hikes, new and fierce competition, and a strict regulatory environment, many carriers struggle to maintain sufficient capacity to take on new business. To overcome these challenges, logistics companies must do all they can to ensure that…
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It’s hard to quantify the cost of counterfeiting to the electronics manufacturing industry. Having started by simply replacing the printed identification on low cost devices with that of much higher cost item, the counterfeiters have steadily become more sophisticated in the way they capitalize on the complexities and the supply chain. I wanted to track…
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