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MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek Corp. (sono-tek.com) named to its representatives network SRS and Associates (stonesrs.com) for TN, MS, AL and GA; Murray A. Percival Co. (murraypercival.com) for MI, IN, OH and KY; Technical Marketing Co. (technicalmarketingcompany.com) for MT, WY, UT and CO; Restronics (restronics.com/florida.html) for FL; and Cope Assembly Products for VA, WV, NC and SC. Bennett Bruntil will head the newly restructured organization.
The reps will handle Sono-Tek's solder recovery line of products. There are no announced changes to the company's spray fluxing products reps.
MIAMI – Avnet has completed its purchase of Source Electronics Corp., a provider of outsourced custom IC programming services.
Avnet acquired the company from H.I.G. Capital, a private equity firm.
Source has plants in Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore and the US, where it provides programming services to OEMs and EMS companies.
HERNDON, VA – A host of major OEM and EMS companies, under the auspices of iNEMI, has outlined a set of recommendations for managing Pb-free alloy alternatives.
The consortium members recommend the following to help manage the use of multiple solder alloys:
INEMI’s recommendations are available at
http://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/projects/ba/Pb-Free_Alloys/Alloy_recs.pdf.
The consortium members recommend the following to help manage the use of multiple solder alloys:
- Drive convergence of Pb-free alloys.
- Develop an industry-standard assessment methodology.
- Establish performance guidelines.
- Update standards.
- Identify and differentiate alloys.
INEMI’s recommendations are available at
http://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/projects/ba/Pb-Free_Alloys/Alloy_recs.pdf.
