Higher wage costs, an ageing population and supportive government policy driving China’s economy toward a technology-driven future and automation.
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Outsourcing & Offshoring
China increasing demand for automation drives robot sales
China manufacturing moves up tech and global value chain
China might lets country move up value chain in tech and electrical equipment manufacturing. Sophisticated manufacturing industries propel China manufaturing sector fueled by its huge and rapidly expanding domestic market for manufacturing products.
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Hong Kong v Shenzhen for daily living
New buildings, booming economy, plenty of English-speaking folks around you, hopping restaurants, lots to see. What more can you ask for? It depends if you are in Hong Kong or Shenzhen.
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India ESDM inhibited by electronics investment and policy
India’s (second) effort to establish global ESDM capability follows years of false starts. Modi is making some progress but will policy and business climate changes build needed trust among global hardware OEM decision makers to combat long-standing issues India continues to face?
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OEM RFP best practices for contract electronic manufacturing
Helpful tips for OEM executives preparing request for proposals (RFP) for contract electronics design and manufacturing. What to expect and how to manage the process as electronics services providers prepare and submit their quotes.
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Taiwan as barometer for health of consumer electronics sector
Revenue from rigid boards are posting a double digit decline compared to the same month last year. Equipment manufacturers and printed circuit manufacturers released pessimistic forecasts for the second half of the year. They blame their pessimism on slow sales from personal computers, and they expect a negative growth from tablet PCs this year.
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Electronics ODM Quanta riding the cloud
ODM Quanta’s main customers are global top 10 branded notebook vendors. With more than 13 percent of its 30,000 employees worldwide in research and development and engineering development, Quanta is aiming its crosshairs on the cloud. See charts and tables.
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Robotics drives automotive, industrial electronics manufacturing opportunities
Electronics OEM company needs for lowering manufacturing costs and the contract electronics manufacturing (CEM) industry are encouraged to keep an eye on relationships between these markets.
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Can Taiwan win industrial robotics manufacturing automation race?
Production-related activities in smart factories will need to be linked closer with administrative information systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution. Additionally, a broader range of sub-systems from various providers will need to be integrated into smart …
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Asian industrial electronic ODMs poised to capture IoT computing market
There are a wide range of end market sub-segments and uses in the industrial electronics PC marketplace with no distinguishable single use dominating according to a report by investment bank UBS. In the report, the bank believes the largest sub-segments …
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