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- LIVE & updated! All the latest EPDT COVID-19 electronics industry news & stories... (13/04/2021)
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic outbreak continues to dominate the news cycle & media channels, EPDT is trying to feature all the best & latest COVID-19 electronics & manufacturing news, stories & updates for you – and now, we're collecting it together in one place for you in a regularly updated summary with links to the original posts...
- EPDT April 2021 issue (inc. Power & Automotive features) now available online (02/04/2021)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Power technologies & Automotive applications, as well as editorial discussing the new UNESCO Engineering Report, ‘Engineering for Sustainable Development’, published on World Engineering Day...
- Web event – How to use robots in electronics production: Meet the Robots – EMS edition (25/03/2021)
  
  See live robot demos & join our Q&A in this EMS (electronics manufacturing services) special web event. Meet the robots that can change your manufacturing lines & learn about renting a robot for your factory. See real robots from the Jungle marketplace.
- EPDT's H1 2021 Electronics Outsourcing supplement now available online (02/03/2021)
  
  Included in this month’s EPDT March issue, the first of this year's twice-yearly Electronics Outsourcing supplements is now available in print or digital editions.
- EPDT March 2021 issue (inc. Displays & Communications features + EMS Outsourcing supplement) now available online (02/03/2021)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Displays technologies & Communications applications, plus the latest edition of EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Distribution supplement.
- Viewpoint: How COVID-19 is impacting outsourced contract electronics manufacturing (01/03/2021)
  
  Every crisis – large or small – creates both challenges & opportunities. And COVID-19 is no different. It has caused tragedy for families & communities around the world; resulted in political upheaval; and massively disrupted the global economy. The consequences will be with us for a long time. Here, Steve Marshall, Managing Director at EMS provider, Offshore Electronics reviews how it is impacting outsourced contract electronics manufacturing (CEM
- Supply chain lessons learned from fast fashion for electronics manufacturers… (01/03/2021)
  
  Fast fashion reproduces ideas from catwalk trends, celebrity culture & high-fashion designs as cheap, trendy garments for high street & online stores using low quality materials, low cost labour & mass production techniques. Its highly profitable goal is to get the newest styles to market as quickly as possible, where shoppers can snap them up at the height of their popularity, before discarding them after just a few wears.
- Tutorial: A step-by-step guide to the PCB fabrication process (01/03/2021)
  
  A printed circuit board (PCB) is the foundational building block of most modern electronic designs: a thin board that mechanically supports & electrically connects electronic components. Used in almost every electronic device imaginable, PCBs have become increasingly complex, while simultaneously needing to become more compact.
- Brexit challenges threaten to slow SME manufacturing comeback, reveals latest UK MFG Barometer (15/02/2021)
  
  Brexit issues are causing the UK’s small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers significant disruption as they look to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19, according to the latest UK Manufacturing Barometer.
- UK manufacturing firms risk losing top talent due to poor mental wellbeing support, says report (01/02/2021)
  
  More than a third of manufacturing companies in the UK have seen an employee move on because their mental wellbeing wasn’t being looked after, with nearly a quarter losing a key member of their workforce, according to new research from not-for-profit healthcare provider, Benenden Health.
- MAGIC-BOM for perfect PCB assembly (22/01/2021)
  
  MAGIC-BOM is the latest feature in the PCB-POOL configurator from prototype specialist & PCB manufacturer, Beta LAYOUT.
- Make 2021 the year of reshoring, urges Birmingham manufacturing chief (13/01/2021)
  
  After a year in which manufacturers & their supply chains globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the boss of a Birmingham-based stamping specialist is urging UK manufacturing firms to make the most of a growing desire to reshore.
- Editor's comment: Deal or no deal… (03/01/2021)
  
  Happy New Year, dear reader! While most of us are probably happy to see the back of 2020 – a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated & transformed almost every facet of our lives & work – I do hope you were able to enjoy a relaxing & safe break over the Christmas & New Year period. So, back to Brexit...
- Drive System Design expands electrified powertrain test facilities (01/12/2020)
  
  Additional DSD test cell capability reflects demand for outsourced test capacity & industry trends towards increased electrification.
- COVID career dream changers search for answers as Tomorrow's Engineers Week begins... (02/11/2020)
  
  A generation of young people are rapidly reassessing their career dreams according to new research from EngineeringUK, released to mark the start of its national campaign to inspires the engineers of the future, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2020 (#TEWeek20).
- Editor's comment: Smart manufacturing in a post-pandemic world… (02/10/2020)
  
  After a gradual relaxing of the lockdown & coronavirus precautions over the summer months, cases are on the rise again as we head towards autumn & winter. As this issue went to press, the Prime Minister had just announced a tightening of restrictions aimed at heading off a further COVID-19 public health crisis & a potential second lockdown.
- electronica 2020 goes digital… (01/10/2020)
  
  As travel restrictions across Europe continue to tighten in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of electronica, the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics components, systems & solutions, have confirmed that ‘electronica virtual’ will now replace its usual biennial in-person trade fair in Munich this November, with an expanded digital offering & online conference programme.
- Industry 4.0 & digital transformation key to manufacturing & supply chain fortunes in post-COVID world (29/09/2020)
  
  As manufacturers & supply chain partners look to recover from the economic uncertainty precipitated by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, ABI Research’s Digital Transformation Summit will provide 3 days of actionable intelligence to guide technology providers, partners & end users to success.
- Saliva-based, AI-driven COVID-19 test delivers results in just 20 seconds (10/09/2020)
  
  UK-headquartered electronics manufacturer, TT Electronics has been working with British tech start-up, iAbra & its partners, including Intel, to design, develop & test the prototype Virolens system, a new saliva-based screening device for COVID-19 that can deliver results in just 20 seconds, and to specify & design its manufacturing process.
- SEMICON Europa 2020 follows electronica, cancelling physical event & announcing digital forum (07/09/2020)
  
  Following Messe Munich's decision in the last few days to cancel its electronica 2020 physical event this November & move to a digital format for this year (in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic & tightening travel restrictions across Europe), SEMI Europe have announced that its co-located SEMICON Europa 2020 exhibition & conference will follow suit, as expected.

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