As I eased into town last night on auto-pilot, I depressed the clutch to disengage the cruise control. An anonymous ECU fortunately obeyed, but it also decided to open the right-front window a crack for good measure. How can we trust penny-shaving automakers to engineer aerospace-grade HW & SW for such a critical task as…
DetailsAmkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, today announced that it has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2014. Amkor has demonstrated industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which we are measured: quality,…
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (PRWeb) –America II Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s largest distributors of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it has entered into a franchise distribution agreement with ITSWELL Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of LED products used in home appliance, automotive, traffic control, medical, lighting, and gaming applications. Under terms of the agreement,…
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Worldwide sales increase 8.7 percent compared to last January; Americas post strongest growth among regional markets
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Princeton, NJ – Zycus, a world leader in Procurement Technology solutions across the source-to-pay cycle, announced today that it has, once again, been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites. The Gartner Magic Quadrant published on February 4th measures competing solution providers on two vectors: completeness…
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Syaracuse, NY— The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is collaborating with Staples, Inc., in the first of its kind relationship to bring innovation and new research to the supply chain field. The collaboration will allow Whitman School supply chain faculty and students…
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Bannockburn, IL — In recognition of their significant contributions of time, talent and ongoing leadership in IPC and the electronics industry, three long-time IPC volunteers were presented with IPC President's Awards at IPC APEX EXPO at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. The award recipients were: Kathy Johnston, Raytheon Missile Systems; Steve…
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Milpitas, CA – Resilinc released online today its 2014 supply chain events annual report which summarizes and analyzes nearly 700 unique supply chain notifications and alerts generated by its EventWatch 24X7 global event monitoring and alert reporting service. Supply chain risk management practitioners can subscribe to a free trial period of the email service to…
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Although the electronics industry continues to explore alternatives to LCD technology, it is still a major player in electronics products. The technologies that support LCD, such as driver ICs, have a vested interest in the success of the LCD market. There have been some significant developments in the LCD driver IC and the touch IC…
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Everyone likes a touchdown, right? Tom Brady's touchdown pass to Julian Edelman with just two minutes left on the clock in Super Bowl XLIX brought undiluted joy to millions of New England Patriots football fans. While many touchdowns in a single game are widely celebrated in football, a large number of “touchdowns” in semiconductor manufacturing…
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