
Engineering labor market 2021 (www.computer-automation.de)
Full steam ahead back into the skills shortage?
The agonizingly long-lasting coronavirus pandemic has also caused the job market for engineers to freeze in many places, but it has not come to a complete standstill, as a survey of recruiters shows. Will there be a race to catch up?

IEC 62368 follows IEC 60950 (www.industrial-production.de)
New safety standard for devices replaces IEC 60950
The electrical safety standard IEC 60950 will be discontinued at the end of 2020 and replaced by the more flexible IEC 62368 standard. This may cause problems for some devices and applications.

New safety standard (www.computer-automation.de)
IEC 62368 replaces electrical safety standard IEC 60950
The electrical safety standard IEC 60950 will be discontinued at the end of 2020 and replaced by the more flexible IEC 62368 standard. This may cause problems for some devices and applications, including power supplies.

Power supply (www.computer-automation.de)
Distributors expand product range
Power supplies have become an integral part of many distributors' product ranges. Hy-Line, Rutronik and Farnell have new products in their portfolios.

Corona crisis (www.computer-automation.de)
Maximum distance - how the electronics currently work
Smartphones for everyone, reduced minus hours, maximum social distancing in production, but also hiring freezes - our sister magazine Markt&Technik asks how electronics employers are currently dealing with the coronavirus crisis.
