SCHURTER Holding AG acquires the Austrian Burisch Elektronikteile GmbH and the Czech aki electronic, a manufacturer of keyboards, touch panels and HMI systems. This will enable SCHURTER to increase its production capacity, enlarge its know-how and a geographical expansion to Eastern Europe. Founded in Innsbruck in 1949, Burisch is a long-standing, reliable and well-established partner…
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Client-grade SSD prices are expected to experience the largest sequential increase in nearly a year in the fourth quarter of 2016, and will continue to rise in the first quarter of 2017, according to DRAMeXchange. The average contract price for client-grade solid state drives (SSDs) is expected to experience the largest sequential increase in almost a…
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The globalization of the electronics industry has presented both opportunities and challenges for the supply chain. As electronics companies source more raw materials from around the globe, practices associated with the mining of minerals have come under scrutiny. While initiatives such as the Dodd-Frank Act in the U.S. have improved conditions in certain regions, such…
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U.S. manufacturing activity in November reached its highest level since February 2015, positioning the industry to close 2016 on a positive note. The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index, the PMI, increased by 1.3 percent to reach 53.2 percent in November, the third consecutive month of growth. “We’ve seen this trend of gradual growth…
DetailsJust like weather forecasts, the stock market, an election, or the team that wins the World Series (who could have imagined the Cubs), predictions concerning the advancement of warehouse management strategies have many influencing factors. At the end of the day, these prognostications are simply guesses based on where the industry has been, where we…
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MADISON, Wis. — A buyer with ties to the Chinese central government and a U.S. company whose technology has potential for dual-purpose applications is an alarming combination that could invite suspicion among regulators concerned about national security. In theory, it could trip up any proposed acquisition involving U.S. tech firms. This scenario might become the…
DetailsChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under Stock Ticker 8150 and on the NASDAQ under Stock Ticker IMOS; hereinafter “ChipMOS Taiwan” or “ChipMOS”) and Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. (“Tsinghua Unigroup”) today announced an agreement to form a joint-venture and to mutually terminate Tsinghua Unigroup’s earlier private placement plan. Under the joint-venture agreement, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (BVI)…
DetailsLiDAR Market size is expected to reach USD 1.1 billion by 2023, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The industry is characterized by key notable players offering advanced, diverse and cost-effective solutions. Rising urbanization and large scale infrastructural development will contribute to the growth of global LiDAR market size over the forecast timeline.…
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Tighter supply of color filters, polarizers and driver ICs, coupled with strong consumer electronics demand during the holiday stock-up, is slowing production cost reductions for LCD panels, according to WitsView, a division of TrendForce. “As upstream suppliers are less willing to make further price concessions, panel makers are constrained in their cost-cutting efforts,” said WitsView. “In…
DetailsWhen I write about the lean age, my focus is not on the actual foundational process improvement initiative that seeks to streamline operations, eliminate waste, reduce costs, develop supplier relationships, and increase customer satisfaction. Instead, I look at the ‘age of lean’ as a time of shifting company priorities, uncertain leadership, expanded offshoring, bare boned…
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