Every spring, the same conversation happens in mining operations across British Columbia, the Yukon, and the western US. Project approvals that have been sitting in review come through. Exploration programs … Read More
The executives in that room weren’t mincing words. At the ISIG Executive Summit Taiwan 2026 – where TPD attended as a Partner Sponsor – semiconductor leaders from across the Asia-Pacific … Read More
Q3 ramp targets don’t slip because of equipment delays. They slip because the workforce wasn’t ready when the tools were. If your fab is targeting first wafer by July or … Read More
For most of the last three decades, the semiconductor industry’s supply chain logic was straightforward: design in the United States, fabricate in Taiwan or South Korea, assemble and test across … Read More
High-volume hiring in manufacturing creates a specific operational challenge that most onboarding processes aren’t designed to handle. When you’re bringing on 20, 50, or 100 workers in a compressed timeframe, … Read More
Not all staffing agencies are equal, and in semiconductor that gap matters more than in almost any other industry. A generalist recruiter who doesn’t understand the difference between a fabrication … Read More
By Elena Romero, VP Growth, Mining Search | TPD The 100th anniversary of the CIM Expo brought roughly 7,000 people to Vancouver in early May. That number alone says something. … Read More
The semiconductor industry doubled in size between the early 2000s and today. According to McKinsey’s latest analysis, it’s on track to roughly double again, from $775 billion in 2024 to … Read More
The global race for critical minerals has changed the operating environment for North American mining in ways that would have seemed unlikely five years ago. Copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and … Read More
Turnover in the first 90 days is one of the most expensive and preventable problems in manufacturing. You’ve spent weeks sourcing candidates, running interviews, completing background checks, and getting someone … Read More
