IPC’s World PCB Production Report for the Year 2009 was published today. It shows that worldwide PCB production declined 13 percent in 2009 over the previous year, based on estimates in U.S. dollars developed by the IPC World Market Consensus Committee. World PCB production was estimated at $44.22 billion in 2009. Production in North America, […]
Market Report: Apple’s iPad puts ARM under the spotlight The semiconductors group ARM was in focus last night, with traders buying in amid optimism about Apple’s latest offering. The stock was marked up by 5.4p to 246.3p after ARM and Germany’s Infineon emerged as the main suppliers for the iPad, which got off to a […]
Report ties China to U.S. job losses New Jersey lost 69,100 jobs over the past decade because of the country’s growing trade deficit with China, according to a group that is prodding the Obama administration to take a tougher stance on currency and trade issues with the… Read more on The Star-Ledger
Gary Mintchell, Editori in Chief, discusses power and energy in this update on sustainable manufacturing as a corporate strategy. View full post on All Automation World content
Report: China’s push to be green tech leader violates WTO accord The Chinese government is encouraging domestic companies to learn from, copy, and ultimately supplant foreign producers of ‘green tech’ renewable-energy technology as it presses forward with its campaign to shift rapidly to noncarbon sources of energy, says a new report commissioned by the Washington-based […]
Gary MIntchell, Editor in Chief, offers his thoughts on automotive manufacturing pondering post by Kevin Kelly, is large petrochemical peaking for a new reality in process, networking, Ethernet, wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things. View full post on All Automation World content
