Spring has finally sprung … more so in some parts of the world, as snow skiing is still underway near me! Summer's on the way. And hey, many of us in the United States have a three-day weekend coming up! All of which causes a not-so young man's fancy to lightly turn to thoughts of…
DetailsSanta Monica, Calif. – Master Electronics, a leading global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, receives APEM’s prestigious “Distributor of the Year” Award. Tony Solis, Director of Sales for APEM, Inc. stated, “APEM, Inc. presented Master Electronics with the 2015 Distributor of the Year award at EDS 2016. The annual award recognizes one of…
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Distribution component sales in North America increased by 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the latest report from ECIA. This translated into an increase of 3.2 percent for interconnect products and 6.5 percent for passives. However, electromechanical sales were down 2.3 percent. For all…
DetailsRS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (ECM.L), the global distributor for engineers, has announced a range of products and solutions to help companies involved in motion control applications equip and maintain systems, such as conveyors, used in diverse industries including automotive, packaging, manufacturing and production or in the chemical or food and…
DetailsSanmina Corporation, (SANM) a leading integrated manufacturing solutions company making some of the world’s most complex optical, electronic and mechanical products today announced Lumentum, a market leader in innovative optical and photonic products, recently recognized Sanmina’s outstanding performance with Lumentum’s Excellence in Value Innovation award. This award acknowledges Sanmina’s performance in a number of areas…
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Robots are the natural next step in the evolution of the electronics manufacturing supply chain. This shouldn’t surprise anyone but it seems some economists and researchers were shocked at the recent news that Foxconn had automated some of its plants, replacing workers with robots. This resulted in the elimination of as many as 60,000 factory…
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Fremont, Calif. – Elma Electronic Inc. now offers online purchasing of standard products, which includes all catalog items from the enclosure and components product lines for customers in the Americas. In addition to the 16,000 part numbers already available to buy online, the company plans to add the remaining three product lines – backplanes, systems…
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There's no question that Mexico has become a central hub for manufacturing. With its low cost of labor, skilled workforce, and close proximity to the U.S. as compared to that of China, outsourcing to Mexico just makes sense for U.S. businesses. The medical device industry in particular has seen exponential growth in Mexico. More specifically,…
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Security is critical for IoT devices, but how much is needed for various types of devices? Control systems in nuclear plants need a higher level of security than those in a home toaster, but how does an engineer decide? Cybersecurity firm Icon Labs has developed a whitepaper to guide IoT device engineers and manufacturers in…
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Many purchasing professionals I meet are wary of exposing their company to a supply line risk by buying offshore. It's not an unfounded concern, since there are many examples of things going wrong. It's really important to balance the potential cost savings against this risk of failure. An article authored by Thomas A. Foster, titled Global Logistics…
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