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Saline Lectronics Implements
Cogiscan's New Factory
Intelligence Software
In line with its commit-
ment to Industry 4.0
and a smart, connected
factory, Saline Lectron-
ics Inc. has implemented
Cogiscan's Factory Intel-
ligence software to en-
hance its ability to better
understand the performance and needs of its SMT
production lines.
6
Microsoft and Jabil
Collaborate to Create Quality
Assurance Platform
Jabil's new predictive
analytics platform,
built on Microsoft
Azure Machine Learn-
ing, predicts errors
or failures on the as-
sembly floor before
they occur, saving its
customers time and
money while deliver-
ing superior quality and shortened product lead
times throughout the entire supply chain.
7
Kimball Electronics Reports
Q3 FY2016 Results
Kimbal Electronics Inc. has report-
ed a 4% year-on-year increase in
net sales for its third quarter of
fiscal year 2016, mainly driven by
the sequential growth in the au-
tomotive sector.
8
EMS Industry M&A Activity
Up in Q1 2016
According to Lincoln In-
ternational's DealReader
EMS report for the first
quarter of 2016, there
were nine completed
transactions in Q1 2016,
representing an increase
in recent M&A activity compared to the seven
transactions recorded in the previous quarter.
9
SMTA China Announces
Winners of the 2016
Annual Awards
SMTA China
held its an-
nual awards
presentation
at the SMTA
China Annual
Award Cer-
emony, which
took place April 26, 2016 at the Shanghai World
Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.
J
Stadium Forms Wireless
Engineering Team to Head
New Kista Design Center
Stadium names
newly appointed
team of wireless
design special-
ists based at new
Regional Design
Centre (RDC) in
Kista Science City,
Stockholm, which opened on May 3rd 2016.
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