EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – PragmatIC Printing and Holst Centre are collaborating on flexible electronics research, development and use, with the goal to develop practical applications.
PragmatIC brings semiconductor device architecture and process IP, with experience prototyping integrated product concepts. Holst conducts research on oxide semiconductors, transistors and circuits, and has expertise in OLEDs-on-flex.
MORRISVILLE, NC – Juki Corp. has named Robert J. (Bob) Black, Jr. as executive operating officer, the first non-Japanese executive officer in Juki’s 73-year history.
Black currently serves as president and CEO of Juki Automation Systems, the firm’s US subsidiary, where he will continue his duties in addition to new responsibilities.
Black will report to the top management of Juki, where he will advise on the worldwide SMT market, strategies to continue the company’s growth in electronics assembly, and assistance to other subsidiary companies.
TEMPE, AZ -- The PMI index of US manufacturing growth rose 180 basis points sequentially to 55.3% in June, the 23d straight month of expansion in the sector.