The global membrane switch market is expected to reach USD 13.14 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Membrane switch demand is significantly growing worldwide on account of high application scope coupled with increasing consumption in consumer goods application. The membrane switch value chain is characterized by manufacturers of membrane switches, suppliers and…
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A double-digit percentage growth rate is forecast for the global semiconductor industry in 2017 thanks to market condition improvements, starting in the second half of 2016. Memory devices including DRAMs and NAND flash are the big drivers behind the raised forecasts, which have experienced significant price hikes and short supply over the past six to…
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina –The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces it has published a new book that encourages both manufacturers and automation suppliers to better capitalize on fast-emerging innovations in industrial technology, such as process automation systems, to drive transformative improvements in manufacturing. “The emerging frontier for industrial innovation points at exciting ways…
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PHOENIX—Avnet (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, and Xilinx, Inc., the leading provider of All Programmable products, announced a renewed commitment to their successful Primary Global Channel relationship of 31 consecutive years and wider distribution of Xilinx’s All Programmable products. The expansion of the relationship includes additional investment in technical selling resources worldwide; an entry…
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STAMFORD, Conn., April 21, 2017 – In support of Earth Day, Basware, the global leader in networked purchase-to-pay (P2P) solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, today shared best practices that savvy companies are implementing in an effort to adopt paperless business processes throughout their financial operations – one of the leading areas of paper consumption in…
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On the eve of Earth Day 2017, the electronics industry should take stock of its impact, good and bad, on the world. Electronic manufacturers need to consider environmental impact of their products, from design to end of life and support consumers who want to do the same. Each American household now houses approximately two…
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You might call it ambition. You might call it determination. You might even call it passion. I call it fire in the belly. Whatever name it goes by, though, this characteristic is far and away what I look for in every one of our employees as we build our organization. Of course, every organization needs…
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SAN JOSE – Amazon released a version of its Alexa speech-recognition service to let developers enable apps for voice. The Lex service comes at a time when chip vendors, including Conexant, NXP and QuickLogic, are hopeful multiple OEMs will start shipping Alexa-like devices this year with their chips. The news marks the latest foray in a battle…
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Semiconductor vendor Xilinx Inc. and Avnet Inc. have struck an agreement to expand their existing relationship and extend this into a range of services meant to showcase the top-tier distributor’s reach into the electronics design chain. The announcement builds on steps already taken in recent months by Avnet to reorganize operations and refocus on strengthening…
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I’ve been in India for a few months now, and sometimes a local news article gets my supply chain wheels turning. That happened when I saw this article about Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 India list. I poked around to see what some of the companies are working on, and was surprised to see a logistics-related…
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