BANNOCKBURN, IL — Linda Woody of Lockheed-Martin will keynote the High-Performance Electronics Cleaning Symposium.
The IPC- and SMTA-sponsored event takes place Oct. 28-29, in Rosemont, IL.
Woody, a 30-year veteran in electronics assembly and electro-optical design, is a member of Lockheed's Missiles and Fire Control Technical Excellence Staff. She will speak on nozzle design and implementation for cleaning flux residues from high-density, low-profile component assemblies.
MANKATO, MN – Winland Electronics reported second-quarter net sales fell 15% from last year to $6.9 million amid lower demand from two of its three largest customers. For the period ended June 30, the net loss was $800,000, versus a net loss of $500,000 in 2007.
FRANKFURT -- A leading German workers union will ask for pay hikes of more than 6.5% in the next round of contract talks, the union chairman Berthold Huber told a local newspaper.
The two-year contract signed by IG Metall, a union that represents three million metal and electronics workers, expires in October. The union is to expected to declare its wage demands next month, according to published reports.
In the contract signed in 2006, IG Metall negotiated a two-phase hike of 4.1% and 1.7%.