84 SMT007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2018
1
Riding Out the Electronic
Components Crisis is
No Longer an Option
E
As market demand outstrips
manufacturing capacity, the fall-
out from the components crisis
is now predicted to extend well
into 2020, and beyond.
2
New IPC Report Assesses
Growth Potential in
North American EMS Industry
E
The North Amer-
ican EMS indus-
try has pene-
trated only about
28% of the total
available market
based on what
OEMs in the region could outsource. Forecasts
contributed by New Venture Research predict
steady growth for the EMS industry through
2022, both globally and in North America.
3
IPC and SMTA to Present
High-Reliability Cleaning and
Conformal Coating Conference
E
IPC—Association Connecting Electronics
Industries in partnership with Surface Mount
Technology Association (SMTA) will host the
High-Reliability Cleaning and Conformal Coat-
ing Conference on November 13–15 at the
Chicago Marriott in Schaumburg, Illinois.
4
Z-AXIS Achieves
ISO 9001:2015 Certification
E
Z-AXIS Inc. has
a c h i eve d I S O
9001:2015 certifi-
cation, establish-
ing that its qual-
ity management
system meets
the most current
standard of the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO).
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