The National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) trade agenda for 2005 identifies a number of countries that the organization believes are ripe for near-term bilateral trade agreements with the United States.
The transition from startup to a going concern can be a tricky one, especially in the fast-moving, capital-intensive electronics contract manufacturing business.
Visionary Vehicles LLC, an international automobile import and distribution company founded by Malcolm Bricklin, has announced an agreement with Chery Automobile Co. (Wuhu, China) to import a new line of low-cost vehicles to North America in 2007.
As systems integrator Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik (Bremen, Germany) was putting together an automated assembly line for car engines, one station quickly emerged as a potential trouble spot: the station where centering sleeves are pressed into the cylinder block.
APEX, IPC Printed Circuits Expo, the IPC Designers Council Summit and the Electronics Circuits World Convention are all taking place in one location Feb. 22-24.