LUFKIN, TX—Lockheed Martin’s electronics assembly plant here has adopted the IPC-CFX standard for its surface-mount production lines, enabling the defense contractor to turn the facility into a smart factory.
MUNICH—Based in Töging am Inn, Germany, ViscoTec designs and manufactures equipment for dispensing adhesives and sealants. The company’s products are used in a wide variety of applications, ranging from bonding smartphone displays to manufacturing honeycomb structures for aircraft.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland—TE Connectivity has acquired the force-guided narrow safety relay from the Phoenix Contact Group as part of a long-term partnership agreement.
Every process change made by a manufacturer brings with it one or more unique challenges. Consider, for example, the challenges involved when switching from manual or pneumatic presses to servo models for low-force-pressing applications.
We take for granted that our supply chains will deliver the products we desire, or at least we once did. We don't care about their complexity. How could there be complexity? They have always delivered reliably.
In October, the Volvo Group unveiled the world's first vehicle, a load carrier used in mining and quarrying, that is made from steel produced without fossil fuels.
HORSHAM, PA—Aegis Software, a global provider of manufacturing execution software, has signed an enterprise agreement with L3Harris Technologies to support 20 manufacturing sites and more than 5,500 end users with Aegis’ FactoryLogix platform.
TAYLOR, TX—Samsung will spend $17 billion over the next three years to build a semiconductor fab here in an effort to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. at a time of a global shortage of chips.
ROSSLYN, VA—The National Electrical Manufacturers Association recently recommended to the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security the need to establish U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain capabilities in key applications, such as those that use connectivity technologies.