The Takata nightmare continues. It's been years, and still no definitive word on what's causing its air bags to explode and spray shrapnel into passengers. The defective bags have been linked to six deaths so far. The most recent one, in late January in Texas, involved a Honda that had been recalled but not yet…
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If you're receiving printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies in little plastic bags, you may be causing needless waste of time and materials in your manufacturing operation. Ask your contract manufacturer for custom-formed electro-static discharge (ESD) trays instead. Contract manufacturers often pack smaller-sized PCB assemblies into individual plastic bags. When the boards arrive at your…
DetailsSamtec, Inc. is pleased to announce an agreement with Hirose Electric USA, Inc. as a second source for Samtec’s FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™. As a certified independent second source, Hirose can now provide its customers a future-proof inside-the-box system, as well as additional support to Samtec’s customers who use FireFly™ in current and future applications.…
DetailsJoplin, Mo. — Today federal, state and local officials joined EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, and their honored guests to officially break ground on the company’s new Lithium Ion Center of Excellence. The 100,000-plus square-foot facility will be built adjacent to our current Lithium Ion facility at the Crossroads Industrial Park in Joplin, Missouri and will expand the EaglePicher…
DetailsSmaller and more integrated medical systems are expected to drive up sales of ICs, sensors, and other devices over the next two years, according to IC Insights. The market research firm projects global medical semiconductor sales to reach $8.2 billion in 2018, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.3 percent between 2013…
DetailsIPC’s Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC J-STD-001 Space Addendum Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) to STI Electronics, Inc. (STI), an electronics manufacturer and IPC Training Center based in Madison, Ala. To earn this, STI successfully completed an intensive audit based on IPC’s standards, including IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and…
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In the electronics supply chain, the business pace is faster than ever before. Customers are asking more of manufacturers, and the demand for quick and easy information flow and materials movement is always rising. The equipment in the average manufacturing facility may not be up to the task. At many manufacturing plants, the material handling…
DetailsColumbus, Ohio – Battelle today announced Barricade™, a new technology that eliminates the risk of counterfeit integrated circuits in devices for aerospace and defense systems, critical infrastructure, medical devices and other essential systems. Barricade provides fast, non-destructive authentication of electronic components from both trusted and untrusted sources, enabling separation of cloned or counterfeit components from authentic ones…
DetailsFort Worth, Tex. − TTI, Inc., the leading authorized distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, today announced the company has signed a distribution agreement with API Technologies for its RF, Microwave and Microelectronics product line. Formerly, this RF/Microwave and Microelectronics group was referred to as Spectrum Microwave, a division of Spectrum Control. API…
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MADISON, Wis. – The electronics industry is acutely aware of the growing fragmentation of Android devices. But what about a forked form of Android OS that appears to be proliferating in China? Android fragmentation On one hand, this shows the ingenuity of Chinese smartphone vendors. They’ve grown more aggressive in creating their own variations on…
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