84 SMT Magazine • August 2017
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Technology Enabler Highlights
Benefits of Having Design
Services for an EMS Firm
At the 14th Philippine
Semiconductor and
Electronics Convention
and Exhibition (PSECE)
held last week in Ma-
nila, Robin Ramiso, de-
sign and development
manager at Technol-
ogy Enabler, discusses
their activities and the
benefits of having a design services team for an
EMS company.
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The Significance of the PCB
in the Value Chain of the
European EMS Industry
At SMT Nuremberg, Pete Starkey meets with Diet-
er Weiss, who comments upon the significance of
the PCB in the value chain of the European EMS in-
dustry, and looks to a future where we embrace an
open-minded attitude and a willingness to work
together.
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A New Player in the
Philippine EMS Industry
There's a new EMS player in
town. Come August 2017,
Artem Global, a startup EMS
firm in the Philippines, will
start manufacturing opera-
tions, with services ranging
from PCB assembly to box
build, and even turnkey services. I-Connect007
Managing Editor Stephen Las Marias caught up
with Artem Managing Director Art Ledonio at last
week's PSECE event in Manila.
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Does Your EMS Provider Have
an Industry 4.0 Roadmap?
At its simplest level, the
Fourth Industrial Revo-
lution or Industry 4.0, is
about automation and
connectivity. This should
lead to faster, more ef-
ficient manufacturing—and therefore advanta-
geous pricing. Additionally, it might also mean
that products can be made in a different way.
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