Real Time with… IPC APEX EXPO 2022:
Blackfox Mixes It Up with Training
Opportunities E
Andy Shaughnessy speaks
with Jamie Noland,
master IPC trainer and marketing manager for
Blackfox Institute, about current and upcom-
ing training opportunities and what you can
expect from them at the show.
Rising Material, Labor Costs Continue
to Plague Global Electronics
Manufacturing Supply Chain E
IPC's January 2022 global electronics manu-
facturing supply chain sentiment report found
that materials and labor costs continue to be
the largest issue facing the electronics sup-
ply chain, with nine in 10 electronics manu-
facturers reporting rising materials costs and
more than three-fourths reporting rising labor
costs.
Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Strengthen
State's Defense Manufacturing Industry E
Department of Defense grant enables col-
laboration with Spelman College, Technical
College System of Georgia, and the Georgia
Department of Economic Development in
pilot project.
BAE Systems, Embraer to Explore
Potential Defense Variants for the
Eve eVTOL Aircraft E
BAE Systems and Embraer Defense & Secu-
rity have announced plans to embark on a joint
study to explore the development of Eve's elec-
tric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL)
vehicle for the defense and security market.
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Lockheed Martin Achieves First Ultra-
Secure, IIoT-based Smart Factory With
IPC-CFX, Aegis' FactoryLogix E
Aegis Soware announces that Lockheed Mar-
tin's Luin facility has connected key SMT
machines of all key types using the IPC-CFX
standard, providing IIoT data for Aegis' Fac-
toryLogix MES platform in a single standard
language, contextualizing accurate, timely,
detailed data into smart manufacturing values,
all in a highly secure environment.
Nano Dimension Sells DragonFly IV
3D-AME System to Leading Western
Defense Force E
Nano Dimension Ltd., announced that it has
sold another DragonFly IV 3D-AME Printer
and FLIGHT Applications Soware package,
both first released in mid-November 2021, to a
leading Western Defense Force.
Calumet Electronics Earns IPC-1791
QML Recertification E
Calumet Electronics further positions itself as
an industry leader in printed circuit board and
IC substrate engineering for the defense indus-
try with its recent IPC-1791 Qualified Manu-
facturers Listing (QML) recertification.
Aegis' IIoT-based MES Platform to Improve
Speed, Quality, and Traceability E
Aegis Soware, a global provider of IIoT-based
Manufacturing Execution Soware (MES),
announces that CARI Electronic, EMS partner
in Valence near to Lyon, France, has chosen
FactoryLogix as a key part of their MES Indus-
try 4.0 journey.
