WASHINGTON – IPC and Printed Circuit Board Association of America (PCBAA) released a joint statement on the FY 2024 Defense Budget.
"IPC and PCBAA were gratified to see that Congress settled on a favorable budget outcome for the Defense Production Act. As we encouraged in our February letter to Congressional Leadership, a robust level of funding is crucial to revitalizing the American PCB industry and the broader electronics ecosystem upon which U.S. military superiority rests. Additionally, this bill includes important guidance directing the Secretary of Defense to prioritize domestic production of printed circuit boards. Our coalition, representing hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of skilled American workers, will continue to push for healthy and uninterrupted funding for the DPA Procurement Account."
BARCELONA, SPAIN – DirectPCB, a printed circuit board supplier with offices in Largo, Florida and Shenzhen, China, has opened DirectPCB Europe in Barcelona, Spain.
Co-founders Greg Papandrew and Clement Yuen welcome Joan-Paul Udina as managing director of the new division.
Udina says he looks forward to using his experience in the electronics industry to support DirectPCB’s existing European customers and to onboard new ones.
“In these days of supplier consolidation,” Yuen points out, “it is best to offer customers more of a choice when it comes to getting quality PCBs at competitive pricing from Asia.”
And according to Papandrew, “Our business continues to grow and already includes customers that have operations in both the U.S. and Europe. It makes sense to offer local support and to expand our reach in Europe as well.”
DirectPCB supplies quality PCBs to numerous OEM and EMS companies worldwide. It also manages a wide range of assembly projects.
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WASHINGTON – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Corporation. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support four Intel manufacturing projects in Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, and New Mexico. The Commerce Department previously announced incentives for GlobalFoundries, Microchip Technology, and BAE Systems.
“The CHIPS and Science Act incentives announced today will create jobs, boost U.S. and local economies, and make America stronger, safer, and more technologically advanced. CHIPS was enacted to incentivize companies in the semiconductor ecosystem to build, grow, hire, and innovate in the U.S., and that’s exactly what they’re doing. We congratulate Intel for investing boldly in these projects and applaud the Commerce Department for working diligently to advance the CHIPS Act’s manufacturing incentives and R&D investments. SIA looks forward to continuing to work with leaders in Washington to ensure this historic initiative is implemented successfully and expeditiously, which will help strengthen U.S. chip production, innovation, and supply chain resilience well into the future.”
The CHIPS Act’s manufacturing incentives have already sparked substantial investments in the U.S. In fact, companies in the semiconductor ecosystem have announced dozens of new projects across 25 U.S. states—totaling more than $250 billion in private investments—since the CHIPS Act was introduced. These announced projects will create more than 45,000 jobs in the semiconductor ecosystem and support hundreds of thousands of additional U.S. jobs throughout the U.S. economy.
WATERBURY, CT – MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, a leading manufacturer of chemical compounds utilized in surface finishing applications, announced the launch of their newly redesigned website, macdermidenthone.com. The new website reflects the organization's brand image and voice, aligning with the company's continuous commitment to partnership, innovation, and sustainability.
The new website provides a modern, secure, visually appealing, and streamlined user experience. The responsive site features MacDermid Enthone's comprehensive portfolio of products and wide breadth of industries served while giving users insight into the organization's culture, commitment to innovation, and future-focused sustainability goals.
"Embracing change that drives innovation is at the heart of who we are as an organization, and I am thrilled to see our new website reflect that commitment," says Tanya Cummings, Global Director of Marketing and Communications at MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions. "The new site is designed to deliver a streamlined and interactive user experience, inviting visitors to register for events, engage with value-added content, and easily connect with us for more information on our products, services, and solutions."
From the moment users arrive at macdermidenthone.com, they are immersed in the brand experience through a newly released brand video which serves as the hallmark of our business and lives in the marquee of the website's homepage. Visitors can navigate through the site using streamlined menus and simplified search - quickly finding the products and solutions they need.
"We are committed to delivering solutions that go far beyond chemistry," says Rich Lynch, Senior Global Vice President, MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions. "I am proud to say that our new website puts that ideal into practice, spotlighting our rich history, commitment to continuous innovation, and future-focused values."
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension Ltd. (Nasdaq: NNDM) (“Nano Dimension” or the “Company”), a leading supplier of Additively Manufactured Electronics (“AME”) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (“AM”) 3D printing solutions, today announced that a patent was granted for technology developed by its industrial artificial intelligence (“AI”) group, DeepCube, that enables better training and optimization of decentralized deep learning-based AI models.
The U.S. patent, formally titled System and method for mimicking a neural network without access to the original training dataset or the target model, (the “Neural Network Mimicking Patent”) addresses one of the core challenges of deploying AI models in the real-world, specifically continuously training models on new data when that data belongs to a customer. In the industry at-large, dealing with new customer data has often been a limitation due to sensitivity and confidentiality concerns that limit data shareability. The new patent addresses this challenge by ultimately training and improving the AI models on customers’ premises, without Nano Dimension having direct access to the new data or model.
This patent is another key component in Nano Dimension’s efforts to transform DeepCube from a solely in-house AI group to a leading industrial AI solution provider. Nano Dimension has already made progress in this initiative, having announced agreements and memorandums of understanding (“MOUs”) with several parties. DeepCube is currently developing an end-to-end AI platform for industrial usage that is not only limited to additive manufacturing. The software platform is intended to run autonomously on customers’ premises, and continuously improve itself, such that the more it is used, the higher the accuracy will become.
Importantly, the Neural Network Mimicking Patent is not just about software, but also hardware. The training infrastructure at the core of this innovation exclusively uses Nvidia graphics processing units (“GPUs”), while the deployed inference models are currently optimized for Nvidia GPUs, along with Intel and AMD central processing units (“CPUs”).
Nano Dimension’s DeepCube alone has 50 patent applications filed, of which 27 have already been granted. These patent applications are filed in 8 different jurisdictions, providing a truly global IP protection.
Yoav Stern, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of Nano Dimension, stated: “Nano Dimension’s leadership in AI continues to make progress. In fact, this has been the case since we acquired DeepCube three years ago, but we are proud that these developments are becoming more public. Most importantly, these milestones are evident of how we are moving closer to having a full fledged commercialized industrial AI solution that will take the deep learning-based AI we have developed for proprietary use to the broader industrialized markets.”
WALDENBURG, GERMANY – A special kind of educational event was staged in Gran Canaria from February 28 to March 2, 2024. Several teams of students generated innovative solutions and built technological prototypes within a short period of time. These next generation of developers were supported with Würth Elektronik components and expertise.
Where others go on vacation, young talents from various universities hatched innovative solutions for industry in smart farming, smart green energy and mobility, smart automation, IoT, robotics, smart production, smart shipping, and the circular economy.
The Makeathon 2024 focused on practical aspects, in which each team had to come up with a solution to a specific problem and then develop and build a prototype. Over 600 participants formed 24 teams from 29 countries took part in the challenge. The partner companies provided the necessary equipment.
In the seminar “Get the right Voltage: Understand and Setup your Power Supply with Stepdown Converters”, the Makeathon participants were not only provided with the familiar Würth tools, but also with components from the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group, as well as relevant knowledge. The company supported the event with two experienced members of staff.
“The guiding principle of the Makeathon is ‘hands-on’. So of course we’re part of it,” stresses Alexander Gerfer, CTO at Würth Elektronik eiSos. “True to our ‘Creating Together’ mission, we supported this innovative event with expertise and components. Implementation of new ideas takes a reliable partner, so we’re happy to offer our services – as well as to inspire young talents in choosing a career at Würth Elektronik of course. In our efforts to preserve or even improve our living space, everyone has to pitch in. Or putting it in today’s language: Making things happen is like learning – only it takes it to the next level.”
