Apple to Open Arizona Component Manufacturing Plant Apple will build its next manufacturing facility in Arizona, Governor Jan Brewer announced last week. The facility in Mesa will create at least 700 jobs in the first year, as well as approximately 1,300 construction and other jobs. “Apple is indisputably one of the world’s most innovative companiesRead More
Apple Boosting iPhone, iPad Production? The Wall Street Journal reported Apple is adding new manufacturing partners in Asia to boost production of both the iPhone 5s and the 5c, as well as the iPad, as demand continues to be rampant for the products. Apple’s normal manufacturing partner, Hon Hai Precision, also known as Foxconn, isRead More
PRECI-DIP Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Digi-Key Digi-Key Corp. has signed a global distribution agreement with PRECI-DIP SA, which offers connector products for industrial, data processing, mil/aero, medical, telecommunication, automotive, and IT applications. PRECI-DIP’s designs use a unique combination of components, such as socket contacts with multi-finger clips, spring-loaded contacts, and PCB connectors that includeRead More
Attendees of IPC APEX EXPO 2014 will get a look inside the science of NASCAR racing during a keynote presentation by physicist, researcher, and author Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Ph.D., on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in Las Vegas. Based on her book of the same title, Leslie-Pelecky’s presentation, “The Physics of NASCAR,” will explore the science andRead More
November 2013 – First, it was handbags and watches. Now counterfeiters are targeting electronic components, including ICs, relays, circuit breakers, fuses, ground fault receptacles, and cable assemblies, as well as connectors. These fakes could cause serious problems in today’s high-stakes electronics devices.
November 2013 – Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, believes that the electronics supply chain should prepare itself for a potential surge in counterfeit interconnect, passive, and electromechanical products.
November 2013 – Avnet will now offer Swissbit’s memory solutions to the industrial, embedded, communications and networking, military and aerospace, transportation, casino gaming, and medical equipment markets in the Americas.
Coverage of the Snowden leaks may have become a bit routine since information began pouring into the public eye this spring, but the latest set of facts revealed by the Washington Post should make everyone sit up and take notice. The NSA has physically compromised the data cables that connect the various data centers ofRead More
US interconnect products and complex cable assemblies specialist RF Industries Ltd announced it sold its RadioMobile business, focused on customized mobile public safety communications systems, to the division’s management team. Under the terms of the deal, RadioMobile Inc. will take ownership of the business in exchange for a portion of its revenues over a three-yearRead More
November 4, 2013 C&M Corporation, a vertically integrated manufacturer of bulk cable, coil cords, and cable assemblies, has announced the receipt of Rockwell Automation’s Supplier of the Year Award for 2012. This prestigious award was presented during a supplier conference held in Milwaukee. It was the second time in three years that C&M has receivedRead More
November 4, 2013 Cable engineering company Northwire Inc. (NWI) expedited custom technical cable and cable assemblies to resupply RELM Wireless Corporation’s firefighting customers at the frontline of raging wildland fires. Rapid mobilization efforts to battle recent fires assaulting the West quickly depleted supplies of RELM’s KNG Mobile radio technology. Since communications play an integral roleRead More
November 4, 2013 The 21st Wiring Harness Manufacturers Association (WHMA) Annual Wire Harness Conference will be held February 12-14, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. The Walt Disney World Swan Hotel will serve as conference headquarters. “Every WHMA Conference is filled with good information and networking opportunities,” said WHMA Executive Director Jim Manke. “But this year’s agendaRead More
