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MANASSAS, VA – Zestron America named Neil Murphy Northeast sales manager, responsible for products and services.

Murphy has a bachelor’s from the University of Massachusetts, and 28 years of sales and technical experience in the electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide EMS industry grew 17% in 2007 to $268.1 billion, according to research firm IDC. ODMs grew 23%, yet remain a smaller share of the outsourced market, as the EMS sector accounted for more than 60%.

TUCSON, AZ – The ESD Association’s 30th annual symposium will take place in Tucson, AZ, Sept. 7 to 12.

The EOS/ESD Symposium consists of tutorials, technical sessions, workshops, and exhibits. Topics of 29 tutorials will include ESD basics for program manager; ESD on-chip protection in advanced and RF technologies; air ionization; EOS/ESD failure models and mechanisms; in-plant ESD survey and evaluation measurements, and CDM design and characterization.

A two-day S20.20 seminar on developing and implementing an ESD control program also will be offered.

Technical sessions will include more than 40 papers that will address device testing, ESD-RF design considerations, factory/materials, system level testing, and other ESD-related topics.

Ten interactive workshops will include ESD control and design for extremely sensitive (Class0) devices; ESD protection targets; automated equipment and grounding issues, and protecting high frequency circuits.

For more information, visit www.esda.org/symposia.html.