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Zestron, GEN3 Systems Collaborate on Test Service

MANASSAS, VA – Zestron and GEN3 Systems are collaborating on a new test service in the US to help develop objective evidence required by the... Read More...

ITW to Acquire Amphenol’s MTS Test & Simulation Business

GLENVIEW, IL – Illinois Tool Works and Amphenol have entered into an agreement under which ITW will acquire MTS Systems’ Test Simulation b... Read More...

IndustryWeek EIC Hessman to Keynote IPC Apex Expo

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IndustryWeek’s editor in chief Travis Hessman will keynote IPC Apex Expo 2021. Read More...

SMTC to Shutter Zacatecas EMS Site, Expand in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO – SMTC will expand its electronics manufacturing services campus here and close its operations in Fresnillo, Mexico, the c... Read More...

Foxconn to Build a $270M Laptop Plant in Vietnam

BAC GIANG, VIETNAM – Vietnam awarded a license to Foxconn to build a $270 million plant to produce laptops and tablets here, according to re... Read More...

Jabil Buys Green Packaging Company Ecologic

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil acquired Ecologic Brands, provider of sustainable packaging, specializing in paper bottle and paper-based packagi... Read More...

AEM Holdings Proposes Acquisition of CEI for $75M

SINGAPORE – Electronics manufacturing company AEM Holdings has launched a S$99.7 million (US$75.2 million) bid for contract manufacturer CEI... Read More...

US Energy Dept. Allots $124M in Funding for Tech Innovation, Connected Factories

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced approximately $123.6 million in new fu... Read More...

Intervala to Expand at New Site in PA

PITTSBURGH – Intervala has signed a long-term lease finalizing the relocation of its corporate headquarters and EMS manufacturing operation ... Read More...

FEATURES

Lights Out at USI

The EMS behemoth is on the cusp of an all-automated future. By almost any measure Universal Scientific Industrial is an EMS behemoth. Yet most of the press sur... Read More...

Process Control Plan to Monitor Acceptable Levels of Flux and Other Residues

Because electrochemical failure risk is site-specific, different components need different plans. Highly dense electronic assemblies incorporate bottom-termina... Read More...