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Milara Inc., a leader in stencil printing technological innovation, has appointed Viking Test Services as its representative throughout Europe. Viking Test Services was established almost 30 years ago, and is the leading UK PCB service and equipment supplier, providing quality products and services throughout Europe. The company already provides a range of new and innovative products for the PCB manufacturing industry and, with the addition of the latest electronics production equipment from Milara, it now can provide a complete solution for the industry.
SMTA and CALCE @ University of Maryland are pleased to announce the east coast venue for the Symposium on Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain. The program will be held November 30 – December 2 at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with government agencies and peers who are addressing the counterfeit problem. Changes in electronic supply chain had been fast and furious in the last decades and its impact on the practices of companies is still evolving
Based on recent surveys PCB solder finishes are one of the most common cause of soldering defects and rejection of PCBs during assembly. Design and Process Engineers highlighted solder finishes 35%, delaminating at 25%, third place were cosmetic faults.
The third German-Japanese Micro/Nano Business Forum at the Exhibition Micromachine last Thursday in Tokyo attracted more than 300 Japanese industry representatives. With their keynote presentations, Prof. Esashi of Tohoku University and Prof.
Already pumped up by bulging demand, the global semiconductor market in 2010 has been injected with a powerful dose of growth steroids, prompting iSuppli Corp. to raise its revenue forecast to a record level for the year. iSuppli now predicts global semiconductor revenue in 2010 will rise by 35.1 percent to reach $310.3 billion, up from $229.6 billion in 2009.
May’s semiconductor sales were up 2.6 percent on April, 3.6 percent for ICs, continuing the steady sequential industry growth that started in January 2009,17 months ago. May’s results mean Q2-10 will show at least 8.3 percent quarterly growth over Q1-10, increasing the full year growth forecast to 36 percent. Given last year’s growth was minus 9 percent, mathematically this is a classic industry cycle. It is NOT.
The analysis of PCIM Europe 2010 confirms the success of this event. With a clear increase in conference delegate and visitor numbers the show which took place from 4 – 6 May has further strengthened its position as the worldwide leading exhibition for power electronics, intelligent motion and power quality
The organiser of MM Live – the Micro & Precision Manufacturing event – is delighted to announce that the 2010 Micro Manufacturing Conference Programme has now been finalised. Following the launch of the Micro Manufacturing seminars in 2008, and the successful transition into a full two-day conference programme in 2009, the 2010 Micro Manufacturing conference has once again attracted the industry’s most prominent and influential experts to present.
As a CEM, Wildtrax enjoys the distinction of NASA accreditation. As part of their service to NASA, Wildtrax had to produce and inspect a run of just four or five high-value PCBs containing gold impregnated ceramic devices. Clearly, any AOI system used for such small and specialised production runs must offer fast setup as well as great flexibility to operate efficiently
Japan Marketing Survey (JMS), a marketing research company in Japan, would like to introduce their new market research report. Report Title: “Outlook of Thermal Interface Material Market 2010″ Publication date: August 6, 2010 Size: A4 x 150 pages Focal points of the survey Thermal interface material market -Market size forecast (2009-2014, Breakdown by application, by type) -Manufacturers’ share (2009, Breakdown by application, by type) -Application: PC(TIM1,2), Consumer, Infrastructure, Automotive, Others -Type: Solid, Fluid, Phase Change Material Thermal filler market -Market size forecast (2009-2014, for Alumina, Boron Nitride) -Manufacturers’ share (2009, for Alumina, Boron Nitride) For detailed information, please visit http://www.jms21.co.jp/english.ver/report/syoseki/2010report/TIM_2010.htm
