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Copper crisis looms for the PCB industry
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Cirtech Electronics, Editor's Choice, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services
A cold war over copper foil is being fought in China, with printed circuit board laminate producers losing out to electric vehicle battery manufacturers.

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From the editor's desk: Forget STBs, let’s talk smartphones
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Technews Publishing
If 2016 could be called the year of the set-top box (with varying degrees of irony depending on where one stands on the matter) then 2017 may go down as the year of the smartphone, as far as the local ...

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Local UL office aims to boost exports
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook
Kennedy Nzimande believes the African continent has significant growth potential and, with the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), is well positioned to increase exports into the ...

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Altico installing ESD flooring across iFix stores
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Altico Static Control Solutions
Altico Static Control Solutions, a division of Actum Electronics, is rolling out Polyflor’s SD (static dissipative) ESD flooring in a flagship project for electronics repair chain iFix Repair Specialists. ...

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Locally-made power monitoring system an SA first
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Power Electronics / Power Management
A South African first-of-its-kind standby power monitoring system has been designed and manufactured by Powermode, a leading Johannesburg-based power provisioning company. Dubbed the Powermode Monitoring ...

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IPC launches online training course, and is working on a machine data interface standard
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services
IPC has launched a new online training course, IPC Essentials, designed to enhance knowledge of IPC standards, the standards development process and how standards can be used on the factory floor. The ...

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Workshop pursues phasing out of mercury in products
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook
A national consultative workshop on mercury added products (MAPs) was held late last year as a stepping stone towards the ratification and implementation of the Minamata convention on mercury in South ...

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Technology Station in Electronics: looking back at 2016, and forward to 2017
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Technology Station in Electronics
The past year has been very exciting, but also a very trying time for the Technology Station in Electronics. Our facility is dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with product development ...

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Actum: Building on reputation in the local electronics sector
EMP 2017 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Actum Electronics
As a niche importer and distributor of quality components and instrumentation products, the Actum Group has built up a solid reputation in the local electronics sector, by embarking on a diversification ...

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Circuit board for CERN made in SA
9 November 2016, Editor's Choice
The 16-layer board, designed for the upgrade of the electronics of the ATLAS detector at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), was manufactured by TraX Interconnect.

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Techmet holds productive seminars at customer sites
9 November 2016, Techmet
During the week of 17 to 21 October, Techmet Equipment was joined by two of its supplier partners – Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific and Pemtron – to host a mini seminar at two of its customers’ premises.

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New chairman outlines AREI vision
9 November 2016, Editor's Choice
Following the recent ratification of a new committee, AREI chairman Warren Muir shares his thoughts on the status and goals of the association.

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Contactless fingerprint sensing technology developed at CSIR
9 November 2016, Editor's Choice, Electronics Technology
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a new-generation fingerprinting sensing technology using high-speed, large-volume optical coherence tomography (OCT). The device ...

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Appointment
9 November 2016, Otto Wireless Solutions
Thando Xiphu has joined Otto Wireless Solutions in the position of graphic designer / marketing assistant, and takes over responsibility for the company’s print and online marketing presence.      

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DesignSpark website gets an upgrade
9 November 2016, RS South Africa
RS Components has upgraded its popular DesignSpark community website, which is used by hundreds of thousands of engineers involved in developing electronics, mechanical and automation designs. The new ...

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Win a Microchip Explorer 16/32 development kit
9 November 2016
Dataweek is offering readers the chance to win an Explorer 16/32 development kit from Microchip Technology. The kit is a flexible, convenient and ready-to-start development, demonstration and testing ...

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Concilium earns global partner award from Viavi
9 November 2016, Concilium Technologies
Viavi Solutions presented South African representative Concilium Technologies with the Viavi Star Team Award for the 2016 financial year. This annual award recognises members of the Viavi Velocity Partner ...

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From the editor's desk
9 November 2016, Technews Publishing
With the end of the year fast approaching, this will be the last issue of Dataweek until January, as we follow the example of the industry we serve by shutting down over December. As we have done for ...

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