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Penang’s electronics industry is facing a shortage of production
workers after orders started to pick up early last month. Malaysia Star >>>
The
Bare Board Group is a U.S. distributor of
quality printed circuit boards built in Taiwan by an established
qualified network of UL, ISO & QS approved manufacturers. Bare
Board Group
Compeq,
Unitech
Printed Circuit Board and Unimicron are
expected to enjoy revenue growth of 10%-15% sequentially in the third
quarter. PCD&F
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Visteon
withdrew a request for a temporary restraining order against Jabil, which it had
accused of refusing to turn over tooling Visteon needs to manufacture
parts. Charleston Daily
Mail >>>
54
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Foxconn (Hon
Hai) issued an official “no comment” statement with the
Taiwan Stock Exchange in response to reports of an agreement to build Sony’s PS3 Slim. Crunch Gear >>>
The new X7056RL combined
AOI/AXI machine now supports larger PCB sizes up to 24"x20". Provides
simultaneous AOI & 3-D X-ray inspection. Even head-in-pillow
BGA defects can be reliably detected. Viscom
Production in the manufacturing sector rose 12.1 points between April
and June, reaching 52.5%, according to the latest survey of US supply
executives. Circuits
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EFD
specializes in solder paste formulations
to meet the most stringent requirements, including fine pitch, enhanced
wetting, low residue, Pb-free shiny fillet, halide-free,
difficult-to-solder surfaces and more. EFD
iNEMI yesterday
released a statement defining low-halogen (BFR/CFR/PVC-free) for
electronics products.
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The "velocity" of
the chip industry recovery is subject to debate, a new report asserts. DigiTimes >>>
INDUSTRY
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Global chip sales in
May are believed to have increased by a seasonally adjusted 2%. EE Times Europe >>>
Discover the most
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Innovation Station offers rapid prototyping, concept exploration and
device experimentation. Available from Digi-Key
Smartphone unit
sales should more than double in the next five years, to 300 million
units. PCD&F >>>
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IPC
testified on the environmental benefits of the US EPA’s 2008
Definition of Solid Waste Rule at the agency’s public meeting this
week. IPC >>>
One analyst believes Plexus will report
June quarter revenue of $382 million, at the high end of company
guidance. Zacks >>>
CAM350 XL, an integrated
solution for PCB post-processing at one affordable
price. Available from DownStream
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Cookson launches Alpha CVP
520 solder paste. >>>
Hirose provides the FH Series flex circuit
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Paratronix debuts 1092 vapor phase conformal
coater. >>>
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From the pages
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The Black and White of
Immersion Tin
Every immersion tin plating operation faces the
same problem during the immersion tin bath. Eventually, the bath will
begin to plate black tin, and until recently, there has been no way to
predict when the bath would begin to plate black tin.
by Allan
Wilcoxhttp://www.circuitsassembly.com/cms/news/8511-paratronix-debuts-vapor-phase-conformal-coater-
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'Cold' Case Files:
Appearances Can Be Deceiving
 Our
team was recently requested to identify the root causes of a defect
that the customer had tentatively identified as cold solder joints. In
this instance, a Pb-free QFP presented some joints where solder did not
wet the side and toe of the component leads
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Ursula Marquez de Tino
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Creative Capacity
 One
of those recurring conversations that take place at any industry
gathering is the age-old question of whether our industry has too much
capacity. At one recent meeting, the conversation became extremely
interesting, as the debate evolved into a geographic sector-by-sector
analysis of the alleged over capacity that was wreaking havoc on
everyone’s ability to succeed financially.
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Peter Bigelow
Dynatech
has the Samsung products you need for
end-to-end assembly solutions - from precision screen printers, to
high-speed chip shooters, flexible mounters and reflow ovens. Dynatech
Technology
Mixed-Size
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 Last
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which in simple terms is solder paste deposition for components of
multiple (and dramatically varied) sizes on a single board.
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