Recently added articles from Circuits Assembly:
Clean slate?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2008 ... I have been waiting to read your insights on the recent announcement of a joint conference [on cleaning] sponsored by IPC and SMTA. While I think any personal issues between these or any two groups should not be amplified in the media, this is a case where clearly the glass is more than ...
Show me the weather.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2008; ... I enjoyed reading Susan Mucha's recent column ("Weathering a Trade Show Storm," September 2008). Interesting that a limited attended show was one of my best! You see, the people who were prepared were the people I wanted to deal with. And the masses that were not there enabled me to get in ...
Profiles in standards.(Caveat Lector)
Oct 01, 2008; ... As standards go, so goes our industry, not that we talk about them much. But you don't have to look much further than a master drawing or the program contract to know how vital a role standards play in our daily operations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It should come as no ...
Digi-Key.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The new Digi-Key (digikey.com) Toolbar provides quick access to the component distributor's inventory, product information and training. Features include access to Digi-Key's part search with recent search history and drag-and-drop and ...
TT Electronics.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TT Electronics installed two EVS 6000 systems ...
Valor.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Valor (valor.com) launched an initiative promoting the development of software for improvement of electronic design and manufacturing. The ...
BPM Microsystems.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BPM Microsystems (bpmmicro.com) signed a deal with VirTex ...
Kester.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Kester (kester.com) named Floritronics ...
GS electronic vertriebs und service.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... KIC (kicthermal.com) named Amtech spol. s r. o. (amtech.cz) distributor in the Czech Republic ...
FocalSpot Inc.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FocalSpot Inc. (focalspot.com) has doubled its San Diego facility size and ...
PEM Technologies.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Henkel (henkel.com/electronics) signed PEM Technologies to represent ...
EE Technologies Inc.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... EE Technologies Inc. (eetechinc.com) purchased a ...
Cookson Electronics.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Cookson Electronics' (cooksonelectronics.com) Apodaca Nuevo Leon Monterrey, Mexico, manufacturing facility received ISO ...
Catalyst Manufacturing Services.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Catalyst Manufacturing Services (catalyst.ems.com) has standardized on Aegis' (aiscorp.com) ...
Teknek.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Teknek (teknek.com) named InterLatin (interlatin.com.mx) as ...
MPC.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MPC (mpccorp.com) will lay off 5% of its nationwide workforce and transfer some manufacturing to Flextronics (flextronics.com) in Juarez, Mexico, according to published ...
TXP Corp.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TXP Corp. (txpcorp.com) and Cambridge Industry Group (cambridgegrp.com) have signed a memorandum to merge. The merger reportedly would form the world's largest ODM and services business focused on fiber-to-the-home equipment. TXP ...
Vitronics Soltec.(In Brief)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Vitronics Soltec (vitronics.com) named Production Automation Corp. (gotopac.com) its manufacturer's representatives for ...
Creation buys Circuit Service, enters China.(Industry NEWS)(Company overview)
Oct 01, 2008; ... VANCOUVER - Creation Technologies (creationtech.com) has acquired Circuit Service Inc. (circuitservice.com) and its Chinese subsidiary, Changzhou CSI Ltd. (CCSI) of Changzhou, China. The acquisition marks the first foray for the EMS provider into Asia. No financial details were disclosed. ...
Kimball buys neighboring EMS firm Genesis.(Industry NEWS)
Oct 01, 2008; ... JASPER, IN - Kimball Electronics (kegroup.com) on Aug. 31 acquired Genesis Electronics Manufacturing (genesismfg.com) for an undisclosed sum. Genesis, an EMS provider based in Tampa, FL, has annual revenues of about $17 million and operates from a 50,000 sq. ft. facility ...