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SMTA Expands Corporate Advisory Council
Mar 05, 2003 | Announced that Alan Rae, vice president of technology for Cookson Electronics, has joined the association's Corporate Advisory Council.
Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA)
The SMTA membership is a network of professionals who build skills, share practical experience and develop solutions in electronic assembly technologies and related business operations.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
Association / Non-Profit, Events Organizer, Training Provider
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Appoints Mr. Guy Bindels As Research and Development Director
Mar 05, 2003 | he will be responsible for formulating R&D strategies and spearheading the Company to keep abreast of the latest development in global manufacturing technology as well as strengthen its R&D division.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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New Agency Agreement at Lloyd Doyle
Mar 05, 2003 | Has announced the appointment of Andreas Neuhaeuser as sales agent for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Board Support Tooling has Stealth Mode Covered
Mar 05, 2003 | Ovation has added stealth-mode capabilities to its Grid-Lok line of automatic SMT board support tooling.
Pioneer of numerous productivity enhancing tools designed to optimize SMT electronic equipment and processes. Innovator of the award-winning Grid-Lok, Magna-Print and Stinger technologies.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Alcatel Raleigh Chooses Mentor Graphics' PCB Design Suite
Mar 04, 2003 | To standardize its design flows and methodologies.
A leader in software solutions for electroncs design, Mentor Graphics is the only EDA company with a total end-to-end solution for design though manufacturing.
Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
IPC Develops Virtual and Actual TMRC Conference
Mar 04, 2003 | Participants can either call-in to the conference or attend in person at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL.
Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)
IPC is the trade association for the printed wiring board and electronics assembly industries.
Bannockburn, Illinois, USA
Association / Non-Profit, Events Organizer, Training Provider
Electronics Workbench Taps Industry Talent as New Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Mar 04, 2003 | Ian Suttie To Drive Company's Expansion in Professional Printed Circuit Board Design Market
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Portland, Maine, USA
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SVI Plc Forecasting $120M Sales by 2005
Mar 04, 2003 | Thanks in part to an increase in capacity following the months-early opening of a second factory
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Evaluation Kit for Novel Board-to-board Jumpers
Mar 04, 2003 | In a move that broadens its interconnect design services, Micromark C and CD has introduced a new development kit for the Flexstrip jumpers flexible interconnect system.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Metcal Successfully Defends Patent Position Against American Hakko Products
Mar 03, 2003 | U.S. District Court Judge Robert M. Takasugi dismissed a lawsuit filed by American Hakko Products, Inc., against OK International's soldering instruments division, Metcal, Inc.
Manufacturer of high-performance precision rework systems for the electronics bench. Product lines include: Hand Soldering and Desoldering, Convection Rework products, Fume Extraction and Fluid Dispensing tools.
Cypress, California, USA
IPC, SOLDERTEC Conference to Address Hot Lead Free Topics
Mar 03, 2003 | The International Conference on Lead-Free Electronics on June 10-13, 2003, in Brussels, Belgium.
Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)
IPC is the trade association for the printed wiring board and electronics assembly industries.
Bannockburn, Illinois, USA
Association / Non-Profit, Events Organizer, Training Provider
Intuitive Surgical and Solectron Announce Manufacturing Partnership
Feb 28, 2003 | Solectron to Provide Manufacturing Services for Surgical Robotic Equipment
Celestica will Close Oklahoma City Factory
Feb 28, 2003 | Celestica will shutter its Oklahoma City PCB operation by November and do away with 450 jobs.
A multinational electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manufacturer, Standards Setting / Certification, Training Provider
Dr. Yun Zhang Appointed Research Director, Enthone Inc.
Feb 28, 2003 | Dr. Zhang will lead the global R&D and product formulation activities of the company's tin, tin alloy and lead-free technologies.
Enthone is a leading global supplier of high performance specialty chemicals and coatings. Our products provide innovative and cost-effective technology solutions for a wide range of markets and applications worldwide.
West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Connectors Address InfiniBand 4X and 12X Levels
Feb 28, 2003 | The new LaneLink 4X and 12X connectors are a cable-to-board I/O system optimised for differential signalling at 2.5Gbit/s per pair.
Molex Incorporated is a 62 year old manufacturer of electronic connectors and interconnection systems, ribbon cable, switches, and application tooling. Molex operates 50 plants in 21 countries and employs over 14,700 people. Extensive worldwide manufacturing and engineering capabilities allow Molex to offer customer the benefits of global thinking while providing local service wherever their ope
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
U.S. Companies Get Lead-Free Wake-Up Call
Feb 27, 2003 | U.S. companies are beginning to wake up to the lead-free electronics production movement, which was pioneered in Japan and taken up by European manufacturers.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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NetVendor Acquires Teradyne's Manufacturing Software Group And Creates New Company
Feb 27, 2003 | Visiprise Inc. To Continue Leading Manufacturing Execution Systems Market
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Elec & Eltek's Unaudited Half-yearly Financial Statement: Net Revenue and Profit Down but 2H Expected to be Better
Feb 27, 2003 | Elec & Eltek International Co. Ltd. (
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Portland, Maine, USA
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European Ambitions for PCB Maker
Feb 27, 2003 | Circatex is to open its first satellite office in mainland Europe in France.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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CirTran Receives Order From U.S. Government Agency
Feb 27, 2003 | The order was placed through CirTran's wholly owned subsidiary, Racore Technology Corporation.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Rapid Prototyping Service Expands
Feb 26, 2003 | Accelerated Technologies, a provider of rapid prototyping, tooling and electronic manufacturing services, has announced the acquisition of a new and larger facility in Austin, Texas.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Roadmap Addresses Supply, Demand Chain Management
Feb 26, 2003 | Investments by electronics manufacturing companies of millions of dollars in software products to manage and automate supply and demand quantification have not prevented margins of error from 50% to 100%
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Flextronics' CTO to present keynote at PCB Design Conference West/HDI Expo (Mar 10-14)
Feb 26, 2003 | The keynote address will be held on Wednesday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Room N of the San Jose Convention Center.
Flex (Flextronics International)
Flextronics is a global full-service supplier of a full spectrum of value-added Electronic Manufacturing Services.
Singapore, Singapore
Receptacle Makes Room for Drive Mounting
Feb 26, 2003 | An extended-height press-fit compliant pin SCA-2 receptacle is the latest addition to the SCA-2 product family.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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National Instruments and Electronics Workbench Deliver New Circuit Design Educational Tools
Feb 26, 2003 | With the Multisim VI Library, educators and students now can more easily design, simulate, measure and test electronic circuits in an integrated software and hardware environment.
Manufacturer of Computer-Based Measurement and Automation Tools
Austin, Texas, USA
Circuit World 'continues to outperform majority of printed circuit industry'
Feb 25, 2003 | Toronto-based Circuit World Corporation (CCW) today announced its fourth quarter and audited year-end results to December 31, 2002.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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California Micro Devices Announces Enhanced EMI Filtering with ESD Protection for GSM Handsets
Feb 25, 2003 | The CSPEMI400 complements California Micro Devices' broad portfolio of CSP (chip scale package) devices for stand-alone ESD protection and EMI filter arrays with ESD protection, making it the most extensive in the industry.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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EagleVision Now Offers On-site Inspection and Inventory Hub Stocking
Feb 25, 2003 | EagleVision will send IPC-600F-certified inspectors to sort and inspect small- to large-volume printed circuit boards at the customer facility.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Deep Micro-vias Available on Large-format PCBs
Feb 25, 2003 | Teradyne can now provide deep micro-via technology for customers of high-performance printed circuits.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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CirTran Receives Joint U.S./Canadian Certification
Feb 25, 2003 | Announced that it received Certification Approval From the United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, Defense Logistics Information Service.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Ex-Carolina Circuits PCB Equipment to be Auctioned
Feb 24, 2003 | The auction will be conducted by DoveBid. It takes place March 18, with a previewing the day before.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Cookson Assembly Materials Announces Price Increase
Feb 24, 2003 | Effective March 3, Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials (Jersey City, NJ) will increase prices for its products by an average of 3 percent, the company announced today.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Merix Corporation to Present at the Raymond James & Associates 24th Annual Institutional Investors Conference
Feb 24, 2003 | Mark R. Hollinger, Chairman and CEO, will present at the Raymond James 24th Annual Institutional Investors Conference at 2:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 4th.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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AT&S Announces Continuation of Share Repurchase Program
Feb 24, 2003 | Will continue the share repurchase program from February 25, 2003 to January 5, 2004.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Easier Dispensing for Thermal Sealant
Feb 24, 2003 | Now available with an easy-to-use dispensing gun, Electrolube TCR is a single-component, highly thermally conductive RTV sealant.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Phoenix International and MSL Embrace IPC EMS Program Manager Certification Program
Feb 22, 2003 | Trains all levels of program managers within the EMS industry in operations, project management, finance, contract management and leadership skills.
Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)
IPC is the trade association for the printed wiring board and electronics assembly industries.
Bannockburn, Illinois, USA
Association / Non-Profit, Events Organizer, Training Provider
MVP will introduce its new Supra inspection system at APEX 2003
Feb 21, 2003 | Machine Vision Products, Inc. (MVP), global leader in automated optical inspection (AOI) and process control solutions, today has announced that it will introduce its new Supra inspection system at APEX 2003, in Anaheim, California, March 31 through April 2.MVP will introduce its new Supra inspection system at APEX 2003.
MVP is a market innovator and leader in imaging technologies for Surface Mount, Microelectronics and Packaging Technologies providing solutions for both commercial and military applications.
Vista, California, USA
Anadigmvortex Named Finalist for EDN 2002 Innovation of the Year Awards
Feb 21, 2003 | Selected in the category of analog ICs and discrete semiconductors.
Anadigm�s Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA) design methodology cuts from months to minutes the time needed to implement complex analog designs, enabling Anadigm customers to bring products to market faster and at a significantly reduced cost.
Campbell, California, USA
Titan Signs Letter of Intent to Buy EMC
Feb 21, 2003 | Titan General Holdings Inc. is buying substantially all the assets of Eastern Manufacturing Corp.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Gould to Consolidate U.S. Copper Foil Manufacturing
Feb 21, 2003 | Gould Electronics Inc. said that all of its U.S. copper foil manufacturing will be consolidated at the company's Chandler, AZ facility by the end of the third quarter of 2003.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Sanmina-SCI PCB Plant Certified as Military Supplier
Feb 21, 2003 | The Costa Mesa facility has achieved the highest level of qualification for line width (2 mils) and spacing (3 mils) to date.
Sanmina-SCI is a tier 1 provider of EMS and PWB along with vertically integrated capabilities from design through qualification.
San Jose, California, USA
Tyco Electronics - Printed Circuit Group / Stafford Division announces MIL-PRF-31032 Certification
Feb 21, 2003 | Will be listed as the highest technology supplier on the QML, Tyco Electronics stated.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Cable Assemblies Claim Top Shielding Performance
Feb 21, 2003 | With its Semi-Rigid family Florida RF Labs reckons it offers the best shielding performance of all cable assemblies.
Florida RF Labs, a Smiths Group company, is a recognized leader in the development and manufacture of high quality thin film microwave resistor products, hybrid and directional couplers, and high reliability RF and microwave coaxial cable assemblies.
Stuart, Florida, USA
Solectron Completes Acquisition of IBM Global Asset Recovery Operations in Raleigh, N.C.
Feb 20, 2003 | The transaction expands Solectron's long-time relationship with IBM through a three-year supply agreement, and strengthens Solectron's post-manufacturing services offering.
Ansoft Posts Q3 Results
Feb 20, 2003 | Announced a net loss of $58,000 for Q3 2003, ending Jan. 31, 2003
Ansoft is a leading developer of high performance EDA (electronic design automation) software. Its products are used by engineers in the design of electrical devices and systems, such as cellular phones, satellite communications, computer circuit bo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
M. E. Baker Acquires Advanced Chemill Systems� Parts Business
Feb 20, 2003 | Purchased the inventory and rights to the replacement parts business of Advanced Chemill Systems
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Portland, Maine, USA
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EPA Signs Final MP&M Rule
Feb 20, 2003 | Signaling Key Victory for U.S. PCB Industry, Says IPC
Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)
IPC is the trade association for the printed wiring board and electronics assembly industries.
Bannockburn, Illinois, USA
Association / Non-Profit, Events Organizer, Training Provider
Card-to-cable Connector Meets QS9002 Standard
Feb 20, 2003 | The Mini-Fix card-to-cable connector is designed to withstand hundreds of mating cycles with high contact security and mechanical stability.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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Thermal and Random Vibration Stressing Course
Feb 19, 2003 | March 18-20, 2003
Equipment Reliability Institute - ERI
ERI is a specialized engineering school, focusing on the reliability and durability of hardware, upon the kinds of stresses that can shorten the life of hardware such as yours and upon appropriate tests to uncover weaknesses.
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Vibration and Shock Training in Washington DC
Feb 19, 2003 | March 17-19, 2003
Equipment Reliability Institute - ERI
ERI is a specialized engineering school, focusing on the reliability and durability of hardware, upon the kinds of stresses that can shorten the life of hardware such as yours and upon appropriate tests to uncover weaknesses.
Santa Barbara, California, USA
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