John has been with ASSEMBLY magazine since February 1997. John was formerly with a national medical news magazine, and has written for Pathology Today and the Green Bay Press-Gazette. John holds a B.A. in journalism from Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism.
After nine workers commit suicide at an electronics assembly plant in China, we wonder whether the world's largest Communist country truly is a workers' paradise.
Systems integrator Orientech Inc. recently designed an automated assembly system for surgical pens. The system assembles pens at a rate of 120 per minute.