Critical Manufacturing

Padawan Capital – A founder’s guide to fundraising

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The Padawan Capital is a session taking place under the OPO Startup Week, an 8-day program consisting of over 30 entrepreneurship related events in the North of Portugal.

The conference will take place at the Paranhos Business Unit (formerly Port HUB), on May 27 at 17:00, and is dedicated to investments in startups in Portugal. There will be two ...

Critical Manufacturing sponsors SEMI Networking Day in Portugal

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Critical Manufacturing is a proud sponsor of the SEMI Europe Networking Day focusing on Embedded Packaging on June 27th, 2013 in Portugal. Hosted by Nanium, the largest pure play packaging foundry of Europe, in Vila do Conde (Porto, Portugal), the event will feature speakers from companies involved in Fan Out Wafer Level Packaging (FO-WLP) and in Embedded Die in laminate ...

Can IT cope with empowered end-users?

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

In a Forbes article from 2010, Dan Woods asked “Can IT Cope With Empowered End-Users?”, while stressing that “IT departments must now explain why the solutions they offer are hard to use”. It seems like in the MES world, many IT departments must be still explaining the same to their end-users.

The fact is that end user empowerment is fast ...

MES as an Integration Platform

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100

A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is expected to model the production processes of an organization as is and enable its efficient execution leading to a more effective control, and enhanced process/product Quality and higher profitability. An MES application must be designed to provide integration of all internal production activities and be capable of seamlessly connecting with data sources which ...

Five Ways Medical Device Industry Leaders Maintain their Manufacturing Edge

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Boston/USA - In a new paper released today in cooperation with Critical Manufacturing, Julie Fraser analyzes the Medical Device Industry leaders and explains what they are doing differently to achieve and maintain their edge

Industry leaders invest in new processes that lower the cost of both production and compliance, even as volumes grow. These processes, leveraged by software systems, support ...

NEWSLETTER APRIL 2013

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Critical Manufacturing sets up US headquarters in Austin, TX

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Oporto/Portugal, Austin/TX/USA - Critical Manufacturing, an enterprise which creates innovative software solutions for high-tech manufacturing industries, today announced the formal organization of its USA operations, to support its regional customers in semiconductor, solar and medical device segments.

Critical Manufacturing Inc. is located in Austin, Texas which is considered a major center for high tech industries. The thousands of ...