The electronics industry designs, manufactures, and sells electronic devices and components, and grew into one of the largest global industries over the course of the twentieth century. It spans consumer products such as phones, computers, and televisions, alongside professional, industrial, medical, and military electronic equipment. Manufacturing in this sector depends heavily on semiconductors and integrated circuits, with production increasingly carried out through surface-mount technology and automated assembly lines. The semiconductor segment alone generated more than 481 billion dollars in revenue in 2018, reflecting the scale of demand for the chips that power modern devices. Rising volumes of discarded electronics have also made electronic waste a significant environmental concern, prompting international regulation and design changes aimed at reducing hazardous materials in devices.
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Why does recycling electronics matter to the industry and the public?
Recycling electronics conserves the metals, plastics and glass in them and avoids air and water pollution.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explains that electronic products are made from valuable resources and materials, including metals, plastics and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Donating or recycling consumer electronics therefore conserves natural resources and avoids air and water pollution.
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The electronics industry is the industry that produces electronic devices. It emerged in the 20th century and is today one of the largest global industries.
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CAS Corporation is a Korean manufacturer of electronic weighing equipment, founded on April 19, 1983, by its current Chief Executive Manager, Dong-Jin Kim.
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a home computer and electronics manufacturer
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His series of hand-lettered and illustrated electronics books sold over 7.5 million copies and he is widely regarded as one of the world's most prolific citizen scientists.
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Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de Ferranti (9 April 1864-13 January 1930) was a British electrical engineer and inventor who pioneered high-voltage AC power in the UK, patented the Ferranti dynamo and designed Deptford power station.
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William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913, January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
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David Packard ( PAK-ərd; September 7, 1912, March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947-64), CEO (1964-68), and chairman of the board (1964-68, 1972-93) of HP.
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"sicDescription": "Instruments For Meas \u0026 Testing of Electricity \u0026 Elec Signals"
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