electronics
Chinese factories face new threat: US anti-virus controls
Might disrupt the flow of microchips and other components manufacturers need.
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Microart expands its Markham electronics manufacturing operations
20,000 square-foot space will support the company’s 42,000 square-foot main facility.
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Energy distribution without a control cabinet
Sponsored Content provided by PLANT partner: Wieland. Q&A with Meinrad Braun, product manager, powerbus systems at Wieland Electric. Q. The major trends in machine building are digitization, modularization, and decentralization. What role does installation without a control cabinet play in…
TCL Communication will stop selling BlackBerry-branded devices
No further rights to design, manufacture or sell any new BlackBerry devices.
Nova Scotia electronics firm qualifies for $2.5 million payroll rebate
Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems must hire 150 people over five years to qualify.
Wisconsin governor: No tax credits for new Foxconn plant
Foxconn originally proposed building a massive flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant that would eventually employ 13,000 people.
Panasonic leaves semiconductor business with Taiwan sale
Its chipmaking has struggled in recent years amid competition from cheaper rivals in South Korea and the rest of Asia.
Spy agencies must be transparent about new data crunching, analyst warns
By next year, some 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet.
Best Buy sees growth in health care technology for elderly
In five years it hopes to provide sensors placed throughout a home and pendants worn around the neck.
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Made in Canada: Microart services makes it big in PCB assembly
Smaller customers, smaller volumes and connectivity are driving growth.
Firan Technology completes $4M acquisition of Colonial Circuits
It adds US manufacturing capacity for products used in aerospace and defense applications.
Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
Apple is still spending US$1 billion on a corporate campus in Austin, Texas.
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Power and data for IIoT
A panel for use in hazardous locations
Wisconsin governor wants to renegotiate Foxconn contract
Original contract for a facility to build liquid crystal display panels “deals with a situation that no longer exists.”
Foxconn says Wisconsin factory will be operational in 2020
The project, and the promise of taxpayer-funded tax credits, has drawn considerable backlash in Wisconsin.
