SUWANEE, GA – ASMPT has appointed Ramon Hernandez as Country Manager for Mexico. Ramon Hernandez has many years of experience in the electronics assembly industry in various roles including General Manager.

Ramon Hernandez holds a Master's Degree in Strategic Direction in Quality from the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Electronic Engineering from the Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica Industrial, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Mr. Hernandez has 23 years of experience in the electronics industry. After acquiring technical knowledge in the early years, he quickly grew into the role of a salesman, learning about test, inspection, AOI systems, SMT and other technologies from distributors, agents and manufacturers. He has developed strategies to make the Mexican business a significant revenue contributor for the Americas region and has gained greater involvement in global equipment and process decisions. As Global Account Corporate Manager, he worked to retain and follow up on key accounts and worked closely with corporate to improve technologies.

Mr. Hernandez is recognised as a leader with a great blend of sales expertise, strong technical knowledge, remarkable negotiation skills and a warm, welcoming personality.

WINDACH, GERMANY – DELO Industrial Adhesives, a Germany-based, globally present adhesives manufacturer, has begun its foray into medical electronics applications. The company plans to apply its advanced adhesives, miniaturization, and raw materials expertise to the development of medical technologies such as glucose monitoring patches, biosensors, and microfluidics, as well as to produce new medical-grade adhesives for future customers’ specific applications and requirements.

The medical electronics industry is a rapidly evolving sector, with new and innovative ways to give patients state-of-the-art care to stay on top of their health. Wearable electronics have particularly become a stronghold in this sector, with smart watches coming with integrated health-focused capabilities such as heart rate monitoring, step counting and fall detection. These features and much more demonstrate how medical and consumer electronics industries have begun to merge.

As a leading manufacturer of bonding materials, DELO has long partnered with some of the largest companies in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries. With its stronger focus on medical electronics, the company sees a new opportunity to help customers forge innovations as it has in other sectors. One such innovation is lab-on-chip technology, which uses semiconductors to detect and monitor the development of diseases. DELO will be able to contribute here with its extensive knowledge in optoelectronics and miniaturization.

“We not only have cutting-edge adhesives with a sharply increasing number of medical certifications for non-cytotoxic products,” said managing director Dr. Karl Bitzer. “For our future customers, we will also release more specialized medical-grade products and, more importantly, bring our semicon manufacturing, miniaturization, and equipment expertise to market, enabling and supporting our customers to develop astonishing new products, scaling up production and efficiently mass-manufacture them.”

BERLIN – SEMI today announced the SEMI Leadership Accelerator to foster industry growth by assisting organizations in cultivating the next generation of leaders. This initiative will support semiconductor supply chain organizations in evaluating high-potential employees, offering personalized leadership coaching, and delivering tailored training for individual and team development. Developed in a collaboration between SEMI Europe and Mercuri Urval, the SEMI Leadership Accelerator provides science-based, ISO-certified programs, empowering senior leaders, executives, and board members to navigate global challenges, drive business transformation, and achieve sustained growth in the semiconductor sector.

With Europe projected to need 350,000 new workers in the semiconductor industry by 2030, Laith Altimime, President of SEMI Europe, emphasized the imperative for cultivating leaders capable of navigating the complexities of the semiconductor industry. “The semiconductor industry must further develop diverse leaders who can reshape businesses in a complex and fast-changing world of uncertainty. The growing number of job vacancies in Europe’s semiconductor sector risks undercutting its growth potential as companies expand manufacturing capacities. It is essential for leaders in the industry to unlearn outdated approaches and prepare for unforeseen challenges. The SEMI Leadership Accelerator will facilitate this transformative process.”

Mercuri Urval, is a global leadership advisory firm with over 50 years of experience, an extensive global presence, and specialized knowledge across industry sectors. Methodically crafted, semiconductor industry-specific programs tailored by Mercuri Urval and leveraging SEMI’s extensive industry insights and network, will enable the SEMI Leadership Accelerator to address leadership development needs, empowering companies to identify and nurture leaders internally.

Learn more about the SEMI Leadership Accelerator by contacting SEMI Europe at semieurope@semi.org 

BOSTON, MA – As an established contract design and manufacturing partner for leading medical & life science, tech industrial, and aerospace & defense OEMs, Creation has developed the LEAP program to enhance New Product Realization.

LEAP, Launch with Excellence to Advanced Production, is Creation’s proprietary Stage Gate process that covers all aspects of the product lifecycle from engineering prototypes for new designs through to ramp to full production volumes.

The Stage Gate model is designed to improve the quality of product launch activities as well as burn down risk, refine costs and reduce variation at each stage gate. The process puts a heavy focus on planning, DFx and requirements gathering and helps teams prepare the right information, with the right level of detail, at the right time to deliver value to the customer.

“Creation Technologies is committed to exceeding our customer expectations throughout the Product Development & Lifecycle Process,” said Diana Ferrari, SVP of Customer Engineered Solutions. “We developed this program to give our partners the opportunity to lean on Creation with early engagement to provide excellent guidance and risk avoidance advice.”

Creation’s stage gate process was initially developed through a series of kaizen events with NPI thought leaders from each of our sites and all functions represented. It also included a thoughtful Voice of the Customer exercise. Many of our customers provided their insights into what would make Creation their trusted partner of choice for NPI.

The LEAP Stage Gate process was piloted and refined in 2021. Each of our sites were individually trained, including Program Management, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain teams – a total of over 500 trainees!

Over 200 NPIs have been launched through LEAP and feedback from our customers has been clear – the results show products launching with a faster time to ramp and better quality. Here’s what our customers are saying:

"Creation identified what was needed to onboard us as a customer and followed up when we were holding things up. Creation was proactive in identifying risks and offering mitigation options….it allowed us to take on appropriate risks with our eyes wide open.”

“The team was heavily involved in cross-functional coordination in moving the business from one location to another. The communication was great.”

Across the enterprise, we have over 30 LEAP Bronze Certified Leaders ready to help launch your next new product. In 2024, all NPI, including new designs and existing design transfers, are running through the LEAP stage gate process.

Additional information about the LEAP Program or Creation’s Product Realization Capabilities, visit https://www.creationtech.com/solutions/prototyping-and-npi