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I-Connect007 Editor's Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

01/24/2025 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007
This week’s round-up includes a variety of valuable articles, columns, and news items, focusing on the future of the industry, global markets, and more. Don’t forget to peruse our latest book, The Printed Circuit Designer’s Guide to... More Secrets of High-Speed PCBs, by Martyn Gaudion of Polar Instruments.  I hope to see you at DesignCon! 

Fueling the Workforce Pipeline: January PCB007 Magazine

01/22/2025 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
Workforce is a topic of conversation in manufacturing businesses that occurs nearly as often today as discussing quality and reliability. In this issue of PCB007 Magazine, we look at fueling the workforce pipeline, specifically at the early introduction of manufacturing to young people. It’s a unique, somewhat unconventional, and long-term perspective aimed at filling the skilled labor gap.

Betamek Achieves Top Level 5 in MaRii’s Supplier Competitiveness Assessment

01/21/2025 | Betamek
Betamek Berhad, an original design manufacturer (ODM) and a leading player in electronics manufacturing services (EMS) for the automotive industry, proudly announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Betamek Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Betamek Electronics), has achieved Level 5.

Marcy’s Musings: Fueling the Workforce Pipeline

01/23/2025 | Marcy LaRont -- Column: Marcy's Musings
Workforce, workforce, workforce. It's a conversation in manufacturing that occurs nearly as often as discussing quality and reliability. Finding good employees has always been a challenge, but the manufacturing industry has failed more spectacularly than most to draw new workers into the fold. In a domestic culture that has diminished the importance and relative social standing of manufacturing jobs, we now stare down a gaping hole where a ready, skilled next-generation workforce should be. It’s estimated there are 67,000 unfilled technical jobs in the U.S. semiconductor sector alone. In short, we are doing a lot of catch-up.

Course Review: IPC’s New Semiconductor Course Provides a Thorough Layman’s View

01/22/2025 | Nyron Rouse, IPC
Taking the course, A Technical Overview of the Semiconductor CHIP Industry by Cheah Soo Lan wasn’t just a professional box to check for me; it was an opportunity to understand the technical backbone of a field that directly influences the work I do at IPC. While I’m not immersed in the technical aspects of semiconductors day to day, learning about this landscape allows me to better align our funding pursuits with the strategic needs of the industry.
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