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    Castings - Part 1: An Introduction

    Friday, August 6th, 2010

    Almost anything your mind can conceive of that requires a product to be cast or formed can be manufactured. We will save a discussion of plastics and other materials for later, but if your design requires a mold or die and a metal casting, you have many options. Your specific application will drive the material, [...]

    Online Design Help for Enclosures and Front Panels

    Friday, June 4th, 2010

    XTech’s online store just got a lot better. Customers can now access a wide array of design resources like drawings and 3D models. In addition, the number of products available for purchase in the online store has increased dramatically.

    Do you need an extruded enclosure? A standard front panel? A filler panel? No problem. The types [...]

    Exploring ITAR

    Thursday, February 25th, 2010

    U.S. companies that develop products and intellectual property (IP) with military and defense applications are not permitted to sell or export that technology outside of the U.S. It is obviously in the national interest to not provide our enemies or potential enemies with weapons or technology that can be used against us or our allies.
    There [...]

    Outsourcing or Offshoring?

    Monday, February 1st, 2010

    This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge blog: http://baselodge.com/blog/2010/02/outsourcing-or-offshoring/
    I recently read an article that incorrectly defined outsourcing as offshoring. It might be helpful to some readers to review these terms and their proper application.
    Outsourcing is the use of resources outside of one’s own organization to accomplish a business need. These resources could be individuals or [...]

    Hopeful Signs from the Global Computer Market

    Monday, December 7th, 2009

    A newly released iSupply study on the global PC and EMS market is analyzed in this article at ventureoutsource.com.  In Q3 2009 Dell dropped to third in PC shipments behind leader HP and the new #2 Acer (Taiwan).
    As we all deal with the recession, the article identifies two encouraging signs about the global economy that [...]

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