Finding the Right Technology Strategy for Your Unique Business Priorities

January 24, 2020

Small-to-midsize businesses in manufacturing and distribution industries are focused on growing revenue, reducing costs, and improving customer experience. However, nearly 40% of companies don’t believe their current business infrastructure and applications (e.g., enterprise resource planning) are adequate for delivering these business priorities.

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IEC Holden

Most companies waste a ton of resources by trying to scale manufacturing based on market shifts and project needs. At IEC Holden, we partner with Fortune 500 companies to manufacture what they need so they deliver on customer expectations and increase profitability. We are North America’s leading contract manufacturer of electrical rotating equipment and components with ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing facilities in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and South Africa.

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Digital transformation for smart semiconductor manufacturing

whitePaper | January 17, 2023

For those of us that have been around a while, we have learned to live through the supply and demand cycles of the semiconductor industry. As we are currently in an excess demand situation, one of the big questions we all have is “When will things flip?” We stop short of saying that this will not happen this time, but some key elements are different.

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Can Industry 4.0 Solve Downtime Issues?

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

If yours is like most businesses today, you run a tight ship. When you see problems on your production line, you do not wait to solve them, and the result is a lean operation that does not let issues linger or snowball into larger problems. But it is impossible to fix what you cannot see or track. While Industry 4.0 is often a buzzword, Watlow® is already providing solutions that are helping manufacturers proactively forecast future issues and reduce costs. Given that the average cost of an hour of downtime in manufacturing was $532,000 in 2021, there is so much opportunity for businesses to save money with Industry 4.0.

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Powering the New Age of Manufacturing

whitePaper | February 10, 2020

Manufacturing is at a crossroads. The traditional ways of growing productivity and profits no longer work, and the industry has been at a loss for new ones. But no longer. A solution has been found. The potential is unlimited, and the obstacles are gone. All that remains is for manufacturers to embrace the way forward to a new and transformative future. The time to do so is now.

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The R&D Tax Credit Manufacturing

whitePaper | August 5, 2022

New technologies have woven their way into the manufacturing industry in recent years, particularly spurred by the advent of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Just as consumers have been able to integrate technologies such as smart thermostats and doorbells into their homes, American manufacturing firms have leveraged new technological tools to make their workflow more automated and interconnected—improving efficiencies and output.

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Manufacturing 2022

whitePaper | March 12, 2022

Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA), which encompasses Northern I-81 Corridor communities such as Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, and Hazleton, has a long history of supporting a diverse array of manufacturing operations.

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Facts about the true state of the art of 3d construction printing

whitePaper | December 13, 2019

Winsun has a 3D construction printer installed in their factory in Suzhou, China, that produces elements by 3D printing. The elements are then transported to and assembled at the building site to form the building structure. Hence, Winsun is actually 3D printing precast elements and do not 3D print on the building site. Therefore, when Winsun claimed to have done 10 buildings in 10 days, it actually meant, that they assembled 10 buildings in 10 days, out of elements 3D printed in the factory long before.

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Spotlight

IEC Holden

Most companies waste a ton of resources by trying to scale manufacturing based on market shifts and project needs. At IEC Holden, we partner with Fortune 500 companies to manufacture what they need so they deliver on customer expectations and increase profitability. We are North America’s leading contract manufacturer of electrical rotating equipment and components with ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing facilities in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and South Africa.

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