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Should You Manufacture PCBAs in the US, Mexico, or China

Transportation expenses, geopolitical factors, and the narrowing labor cost have caused companies to consider moving operations to North America.

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How to Build a Chip Factory - Reshoring American Electronics

As a result of the recently passed CHIPS Act, a new generation of domestic chip factories will flourish from New York to Texas.

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The Future of Electronics is Moving Away from Silicon Chips

With technological advances and changing market trends, there has been a growing movement towards silicon carbide (SiC) and system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs.

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Domestic Fabs Won’t Solve Chip Shortage For Everyone

Even though the CHIPS Act will funnel tens of billions of dollars into semiconductor factory construction, new domestic fabs won’t solve every problem.

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Why Industrial Robotics is Experiencing Steady Growth

The future outlook for the industrial robotics market is positive, with projections for significant growth in the coming years.

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Why Should You Use Rigid-Flex PCB Assembly?

Rigid-flex PCBs use both rigid and flexible substrates, enabling the electronic engineer to connect multiple layers of flexible and printed subcircuits.

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What Makes Electronics Manufacturing in Mexico so Attractive?

Nearshoring electronics manufacturing to Mexico is an ideal choice for most North American companies needing volume PCBA production.

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Global Headwinds Confront the APAC Electronics Industry

Exports from mainland China, Japan, and South Korea have softened in recent years. Global electronics exports from these countries showed no growth.

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Optimizing Diode Functionality: Forward and Reverse Bias

Choose the right diode for a particular application by understanding the difference between forward bias and reverse bias diodes.

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The Challenges of RF Design for PCBAs

High-speed RF signals, for use in radios, need special attention to higher-order electrical engineering principles.

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TinyML: What is It and Why Does It Matter

Tiny Machine Learning combines reduced and optimized machine learning applications that require hardware, system, and software components.

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Will the Electronics Supply Chain Normalize in 2023?

Except for uncertainty, almost nothing is guaranteed in 2023. Here’s what we do know.

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Preparing for Economic Volatility in the Electronics Industry

In times of economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever for OEMs to adopt resilient practices to weather the coming storm.

Reshoring reduces electronics manufacturing waste

Reshoring Reduces Electronics Manufacturing Waste

Each type of waste can inflate business expenses and make a negative impact on your company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reputation.

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Global Semiconductor Markets: North America’s Growing Role

The global semiconductor industry is poised for a decade of expansion and is expected to be worth $1 trillion by 2030, up from $600 billion in 2021.

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Five Steps to Successful Electronics Reshoring

When reshoring is planned carefully and approached correctly, it can be seamless. To that end, here are the five steps to reshoring a successful project.

Nearshoring helping electronics manufacturing go digital

How Nearshoring Helps Electronics Manufacturing Go Digital

Nearshoring can be crucial to a business's technological innovation speed and efficiency.

Electronics industry counterfeit parts problem

The Electronics Industry's Counterfeit Parts Problem

The global trade in counterfeit is worth up to $1 trillion annually, with electronics accounting for a significant portion of that figure.

Companies reshoring electronics production

Why Are Companies Reshoring Electronics Production?

In this post, we’ll cover the three leading reasons why companies are reshoring electronics production.

Trade war impact pcba supply chains regional alternatives

Trade War Impact on PCBA Supply Chains: Regional Alternatives

Trade wars and ongoing COVID-related issues continue to lead North American electronics manufacturers to look for regional alternatives for PCB assembly.

Five tips to clean up your layout

PCBA Design: Five Tips to Clean Up Your Layout

Before sending your final design files to the CM for PCB manufacturing, check out these useful tips and final steps.

Reshore electronics manufacturing to usa

Is it Time to Reshore Electronics Manufacturing to the USA?

We’ll cover three ways organizations can obtain production capacity in the US and why working with CMs is the most cost- effective way to reshore.

Shifting global value chains

Nearshoring Electronics Manufacturing: Shifting Global Value Chains

In a world where disasters occur more frequently and cause more damage, businesses are rethinking how to make global value chains robust.

Case for pcbas made in america

The Case for PCBAs Made in America

Companies looking to increase the agility, productivity, and resilience of their electronics supply chains can do so with local and regional vendors.

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