Managing manufacturing expectations
Tioga’s MD, Warwick Adams explains that honesty, communication and support are key to navigating a manufacturing environment never before seen by CEMs. Tioga’s activities encompass design, engineering, procurement, supply chain management, manufacturing, test, configuration, warehousing and distribution. In short, the company has positioned itself to manage customers’ products from initial…
New Littelfuse Xtreme Varistors Increase Surge Protection While Reducing Component Footprint
Littelfuse, Inc., a global manufacturer of leading technologies in circuit protection, power control, and sensing, today announced the Xtreme Varistor series. Constructed with a proprietary powder formulation developed by Littelfuse, these new, smaller varistors achieve robust surge performance that helps prevent damage, fire hazards, and catastrophic failure even under…
Rochester Electronics Partners with Kyoto Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Kyoto Semiconductor expands customer access worldwide and offers long-term customer support by providing Rochester Electronics with high quality optical semiconductors for communication and sensing. Rochester Electronics LLC (Massachusetts, USA) is partnering with Kyoto Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan), a leading optical device solution manufacturer with world-class technologies and Japanese quality,…
Preparing for growth in space and aviation
TTI’s vice president military/aerospace segment, Gia Hayes, presents factors manufacturers should prepare for during post-pandemic disruption and growth. These are unprecedented times for commercial spaceflight. In addition to highly-publicized flights of SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, smaller firms are striving to gain market share, including small-satellite launch provider Rocket…
Quest for sustainable electronics
As consumers escalate environmental, social and governance expectations for publicly traded companies, John Denslinger argues there is only one downside: failure to act. ESG, carbon neutral, zero emissions, e-waste, sustainability and similar environmental stewardship labels are more than just talking points in company boardrooms and investment communities. Maybe it was…
The wave of wearables
Technology in the 21st century has evolved over the last 2,000 years. Semiconductors enable our devices to be smaller and more efficient, empowering the advent of the smart device. The most influential smart device of this era would be the smartphone. When Apple released its iPhone in 2007, the mobile…
