Will consumer market sales pickup again in 2014 and 2015? Bishop tracks 11 companies in the consumer market sector. For the full year 2012, these companies’ combined consumer market sales grew 4.5% year over year and had collective revenues of $475.9 billion. Growth in the consumer market, as measured by Bishop, has been tepid inRead More
Rise of the Industrial Robots When Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Chairman Terry Gou announced in 2011 that Foxconn, its wholly owned subsidiary, would install one million robots over the next three years in its factories to replace workers and do “simple” work, he probably did not actually intend to install that many industrial robotsRead More
Why Robots Won’t Replace People: Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. – Lew LaFornara What is the state of the industrial market for electronic components, particularly for connectors and why robots won’t replace people are discussed in this Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. The industrial market is the one segment that is most closely tied toRead More
Designers can achieve numerous weight, function, and regulatory goals by using multicore cables. But not every industry is ready to adapt quite yet.
Weidmuller has expanded its Industrial Wireless Portfolio with the new WI-I/O-9-U2 Wireless I/O.
A first-hand report on the changes occurring in China’s workforce. This huge and changing labor pool is critical to today’s connector industry, but equally critical is understanding and
December 2013 – Has the traditional PCB backplane approach reached its data speed limits? Many in the electronic manufacturing industry think so, and search for an alternate means to achieve data rates and throughput that will take us into the next generation of information technology. High-speed cable technology may be the answer.
December 2013 – With the QLI, Radiall introduces a new solution for harsh environments, where performance and safety are critical.
December 2013 – These new probes enable socketing (for test and burn-in applications) for many new device packages.
December 2013 – Hirose’s BM22 Series Micro Hybrid connectors offer nearly three times the current capacity, compared to conventional connectors of equivalent size.
2013 Product/Technology Trends The trends that have driven the electronics industry for the past five years continued to evolve in 2013. Many of the new connectors introduced during the year reflect the density and performance demands of applications that consume less space, operate at higher speeds, weigh less in mobile products, and may contribute toRead More
December 2013 – PCB terminals with quick connection technology offer an ideal alternative to costly and time-consuming methods of transferring power to PCBs, as they allow cables to be connected quickly, safely, and without tools in a wide range of applications.
