Technical Articles

Having strong traditions in the manufacture and trade of metalworking machines, Bulgaria and Turkey today are facing the challenge to restore the stability of their domestic machine tool markets and develop new strategies for the foreign ones in order to return to their pre-pandemic economic sustainability. The first positive results of the targeted efforts of the industry are already visible ... more

This platform provides a suite of configurations, source code, hardware and software tools designed to make it easy for cutomers to implement a wide variety of use-cases in a workflow that guides the user from concept to implementation based on hardwar that includes a secure element such as the ATECC608A ... more

Manufacturing of electronics components and devices is a very complex task that requires use of specialized equipment and engineering expertise. However, advancement in technology has streamlined the major aspects of fabrication of electronics. Potential for development, strong partnerships with international manufacturers and the presence of qualified specialists in the sector in Bulgaria give solid grounds for future boost in equipment and services for electronic industry ... more

Parts and components produced in BiH include: seats, wheel components, ICE engine components, exhaust systems, cabins, cables, electric vehicle parts, parts for starting systems, plastic, metal and rubber parts, as well as plastic deformation tools ... more

Textile and footwear sector is the largest export category in Albania. COVID-19 pandemic had severe consequences for Albania`s garment manufacturing industry. Despite reopening factories it is still difficult to restore supply chains and regain previous rates of orders ... more

Modern logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) practices in South-East Europe have undergone an important evolution at the beginning of the third decade of this high-tech century ... more

Plans are to shut down all lignite-fuelled power plants in Greece by 2025 and interconnect the majority of Greece`s islands to the mainland grid. This will allow for phasing out the polluting autonomous diesel-powered generation units. All these measures are directed towards decarbonising energy production, upscaling energy efficiency and enlarging the share of renewable energy sources ... more

In principle, a single high-speed CPU core can, through time-slicing, run many independent threads to handle both low-latency real-time control tasks along with networking and system management tasks ... more

The industry has come a long way in understanding how electronic devices are impacted by both, measures manufacturers can take to reduce or prevent them outright ... more

The development of the global market of metal-cutting tools nowadays is dynamic and saturated with high technologies, technical innovations and new developments in the field of production materials, geometries and coatings. The Bulgarian market is inextricably following global trends and despite limiting factors such as the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be significant for more and more global manufacturers of metal cutting tools ... more

In the recent years there have been a number of successful smaller local and foreign ventures in the automotive components industry. The country provides a cost-competitive environment, free trade access to Europe, and strong local supplier base, which altogether create a welcoming business environment to foreign investors ... more

In order to be successful and turn the new value chains to their advantage, countries from Southeast Europe must sharpen and re-adjust their sense and understanding of the transformation processes going on in the industrial automation landscape by applying adaptive measures and developing new governance models to help business expand their range of services ... more

Moreover, the impact on the manufacturing industry of the metal cutting tools will be far more extensive if the virus impacts other main industrial countries beyond India, China, and Germany. In the long term, the industries, related to the application of metal cutting tools are likely to be back on track, thus, resulting in considerable demand for machines in the coming years ... more

Fully digital power supplies digitize all input signals and subsequently all signal processing is done in the digital domain. This requires massive computing power to control, so this has traditionally been in the domain of dedicated DSPs and microcontrollers with high computational performance. ... more

Within electronics production cleaning is meant to remove harmful contaminants such as flux, solder and adhesive residues, and other more general contaminants such as dust and debris present from other manufacturing processes and handling ... more