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COLLEGE PARK, MD – The 2nd Annual Symposium on Avoiding, Detecting, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts will be held Sept. 8 and 9 at University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Submit abstracts on relevant topics (fewer than 300 words) to Dr. Diganta Das at diganta@umd.edu.
The deadline for presentations is August 16.
SMTA and CALCE will sponsor the event, which will focus on solutions available and under development by all sectors of the industry. Topics will include methodologies followed by affected industries to mitigate chances of being victims of counterfeit parts; efforts and initiatives – both domestic and international – that will affect the future of combating counterfeit electronic parts; supply chain management tools to mitigate counterfeit part risks; tools being developed and used by part manufacturers; inspections tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts; impact of counterfeit parts on the military and avionics industry; sources of counterfeit parts, and authentication techniques for securing electronic part supply chain.
For more information, visit http://www.calce.umd.edu and http://www.smta.org/education/education.cfm#counterfeit.
STOCKHOLM – SMT equipment manufacturer Mydata has acquired its German distributor Royonic.
SHENZHEN – Software provider Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. has established a technological partnership with Guilin University of Electronic Technology in China.
Under the terms of the agreement, Valor will provide GUET with software, including DFM, SMT programming, optimization, program conversion and process engineering, and GUET will bring Valor software into its educational programs, such as mandatory and elective courses in undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
In addition, a GUET-Valor Training Room for Electronic Manufacturing Software Application will be established for vocational training and open technological training courses.
No other financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.
