The concept of tariffs makes sense, on paper. Taxing goods or services as they enter or leave a country is an effective means of balancing trade and encouraging domestic employment. When put into practice, however, many forget to consider the all-important balance these taxes represent.
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Not all EMS market size research methodologies are created equal. According to Dieter Weiss, some reports published recently have questionable numbers based on faulty analyses. Here he outlines his recent work to get to the truth about the EMS industry in Europe.
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Focused on enabling its 300+ customers to gain application specific engineering expertise and be nimble logistically, Asteelflash has an interesting story to tell. EMSNOW interviewed Albert Yanez Sr. Corporate Executive Vice President and President of the AMERICAS – Asteelflash Group, recently to get the insider perspective.
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Virtual machines today are used as a replacement for physical laptops or desktops to emulate computer systems for design and verification. For printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacturing, some fabrication and assembly information such as artwork, drill, netlist, test, and component placement has been conveyed virtually to manufacturing for over 30 years. So how about articulating critical fabrication and assembly notes and drawings in an intelligent, electronic (a virtual) format?
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When Manfred Zollner decided to start what at that time was a high tech manufacturing company in the middle of the Bavarian woods, 25 km from the Czech border, the people there – who would become its highly skilled workforce – must have scratched their heads.
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