Woodstock Wire: EMS News

Media -- ELE Times - Uttar Pradesh government has achieved its five year targets for the electronics manufacturing sector in just three years, it has claimed. In three years, it has attracted investments of Rs 20,000 crore and generated employment for three lakh...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics has selected Jack Cheng, former executive president and co-founder of China-based electric vehicle (EV) vendor NIO, to be in charge of planning for its MIH alliance and supervising the open platform's hardware specifications.

Media -- eeNews Europe - Michael Ackers, Director of Business Development at contract manufacturer Sanmina, looks at the lessons learned after Covid-19 hit the electronics supply chainCovid-19 is a profound event that will have a lasting effect on the way...

Media -- Evertiq - Latvian EMS provider HansaMatrix says it will soon will start operations at its second plant in Ventspils in western Latvia situated right by the Baltic Sea.

Media -- Evertiq - Geely Holding and Foxconn are looking to establish a joint venture company to provide OEM and customised consulting services - providing whole vehicles, parts, intelligent drive systems and automotive ecosystem platforms to global automotive...

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - Late last week, the U.S. Congress passed the annual policy law that guides the U.S. Defense Department. Tucked away inside the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 (NDAA) are provisions that supporters hope will lead to a resurgence...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan-based automotive components vendors are eyeing opportunities from MIH, a software/hardware-integrated EV (eletric vehicle) development open platform launched by Foxconn Electronics in collaboration with Yulon Motor, according to industry...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Apple's carmaker partner could be Foxconn-Byton, analyst suggests

Media -- eBOM - IPC's Validation Services Program announces that John Deere Electronic Solutions, a manufacturer of custom, integrated electronics components based in Fargo, N.D., has become the first OEM company to be recertified a second time to the IPC J-STD-001...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Sanjay Huprikar will lead the globalization initiative from US board and system manufacturing association as part of the Covid-19 recovery The US printed circuit board association IPC has appointed a president of Europe as part...

Aspencore -- EPS News - U.S. manufacturing activity in December surged to its highest level in more than two years despite supply chain disruptions and Covid-19-related employment constraints. The Institute for Supply Management's purchasing index, the PMI, reached...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has reported consolidated revenues increased 32.3% on year and 4.8% sequentially to NT$713.78 billion (US$25.51 billion) in December 2020, hitting a new record.

Media -- Components in Electronics - Subcontract electronics manufacturer, Contract Production, continues to enjoy record levels of growth, despite the uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus pandemic and the UK's upcoming withdrawal from the EU Single Market and...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Pegatron has bought a piece of land in Vietnam for about VND528.92 billion (US$22.9 million) to build a new plant, which will be ready for production later in 2021, according to industry sources.

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Young Liu, chairman of Foxconn said in the statement that the partnership with Byton will be a key part in Foxconn's strategy in electric vehicle (EV) industry The report added that the company last year announced plans to set up...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - This effectively means that it has the potential to grow from less than 3 per cent of the global industry to about 14 per cent within five years. Globally, the electronic manufacturing services (EMS) sector was valued at $832 billion...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Per Holmberg, CEO of Swedish industrial computer maker JLT Mobile talks to Nick Flaherty about manufacturing in Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance for new business models JLT Mobile is Sweden's largest PC manufacturing...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - The company will manufacture electronic and electro-mechanical parts that go into phones Salcomp recently acquired Nokia's defunct plant at Sriperumbudur As per a report by the Hindu, Finland's Salcomp has acquired Jabil Circuit,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 124.97 for November 2020, hitting the highest monthly level by increasing 1.94% sequentially and 8.19% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Media -- ELE Times - Domestic manufacturing of electronic gadgets, including mobile phones and components, televisions, and laptops, is expected to contribute one-fifth to India's economy by 2025, communications, electronics and information technology (IT) minister...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn-led MIH Alliance Foxconn will release EV Kit, its first developer tool for electric vehicles (EVs), in January 2021, and start worldwide pre-ordering in February and begin delivery in April 2021, according to company CTO William Wei.

Media -- Evertiq - Swedish EMS provider HANZA says that it will expand its capacity for regional manufacturing in the Baltics and invests some SEK 80 million in a new production facility of just over 12'000 square metre in Tartu, Estonia.

Tech -- TechCrunch - Apple has placed its contract manufacturing partner Wistron on probation and won't give the Taiwanese firm any new business until it took "complete corrective actions" following lapses at its southern India plant earlier this month.

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U.S. News -- Foxconn Technology Group has told Wisconsin state officials that it is willing to accept a reduction in state tax credits "in exchange for a flexible business environment in Wisconsin.".

Tech -- The Verge - A man walks past an office building with the Foxconn name displayed outside on Wednesday, May 8 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Foxconn is a electronics contract manufacturing company, which is constructing a plant in south eastern...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Min-Hsiu Hsieh, who is set to take the helm at Hon Hai Research Institute's Quantum Computing Research Center in January 2021, believes large-scale commercialization of quantum computing is unlikely to materialize any time soon.

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Media -- Evertiq - Appsens, a Norwegian based startup company developing wireless medical sensors, has teamed up with EMS provider Kitron to produce a product that helps detect heart fibrillation early so that stroke can be avoided.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Young-Way Liu has pointed out that quantum computing is attracting more global attention, and the next three to five years would be a crucial period for Taiwanese ICT firms to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Pegatron is on track to step up its investment in India, according to company chairman TH Tung, despite a riot at a Wistron plant in the country.

U.S. News -- The ransacking of an iPhone manufacturing facility in India caused up to T$200 million ($7.12 million) in damage though...

Media -- Evertiq - During 2020, a new Polish company providing contract assembly services started production. "The decision to establish a new company was influenced by the rapid development of the EMS market in Eastern Europe," says Adam Kotwica, managing director...

U.S. News -- Apple Inc is probing if its Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp flouted supplier guidelines at a violence-hit iPhone...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) chairman Young-Way Liu has expressed optimism about the business prospects for the development of electric vehicles (EVs) in first-half 2021.

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Aspencore -- EPS News - KMC Systems Inc. isn't just surviving the Covid-19 pandemic - it's thriving. The medical equipment it manufactures is, of course, in critical demand. But the proximity of KMC's suppliers - 90 percent are within 200 miles of the Merrimack,...

Media -- Evertiq - DigiProces Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) has selected Aegis as their software provider of IIoT-driven MES software.

Media -- DIGITIMES - EMS provider Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.894 billion (US$481 million) for November, decreasing 1.46% sequentially and 7.45% on year.

Tech -- FutureIoT - Over the last 15 years, Vietnam has emerged as a strong manufacturing hub in Asia Pacific. In its Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) Index 2020, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) recorded the country climbed...

Media -- Components in Electronics - TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance-critical applications, today announced the successful opening of its new Kuantan facility, creating a new global supply chain option for advanced electronics...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Pegatron has seen increased orders for the central control system for Tesla's Model 3 in the fourth quarter, according to sources from the related upstream supply chain.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is showcasing its prowess for the manufacture of 5G equipment, including open-RAN (O-RAN) small cells, related base station devices as well as enterprise network solutions, at the ongoing IEEE...

Infosec -- Office of Inadequate Security - Lawrence Abrams reports: Foxconn electronics giant suffered a ransomware attack at a Mexican facility over the Thanksgiving weekend, where attackers stole unencrypted files before encrypting devices. Foxconn is the largest...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - India has the potential to become a $100 billion global manufacturing and export hub for printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) by 2026 as per a report by India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) and EY ICEA's report stated...

Business Wire -- Markforged has launched Onyx ESD, a new high-strength, high-quality and ESD-safe composite material for the electronics manufacturing industry.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) saw its consolidated revenues climb 11.2% sequentially and 13.1% on year to a record high of NT$681.38 billion (US$24 billion) in November 2020.

Media -- Evertiq - For the past several months, a new platform has been operating on the contract assembly market - SafeRFQ - an order exchange platform and database of companies operating within the industry. Evertiq reached out to founder Jerzy Bieschke to hear...

Media -- DIGITIMES - As 5G commercialization shifts into high gear, ICT hardware makers including Foxconn Technology and Quanta Computer are eyeing business opportunities that are emegring significantly in the open radio access networks (O-RAN) segment, according...

Media -- eBOM - National Circuit Assembly, a provider of PCB, cable and electro/mechanical manufacturing and test services to leading OEMs, is now manufacturing GoFind's newly released Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) for older adults, NudgeR. Protecting...