SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Intel, Nan Ya, Foxconn and a host of other companies are scheduled to speak at a January symposium on halogen-free technology. Mostafa Aghazadeh, Intel vice president and director of Chandler assembly technology development, and F.Y. Lee, vice president of Nan Ya materials, will keynote the conference.
Topics covered at the symposium will include OEM’s environmental positions and roadmaps, supply chain readiness, and challenges including material availability, cost and reliability. Intel will host the symposium, which takes place Jan. 15–16, in Scottsdale. IPC is a co-producer.
Among the companies that plan to participate are Dell, HP, Apple, Lenovo, and the U.S. EPA.
MINNEAPOLIS – The SMTA announced Bill Barthel of Plexus and Dr. Laura Turbini of Research in Motion were re-elected to three-year terms on the association’s board of directors. Bill will serve as VP of technical programs and Laura will continue to serve on the association’s planning committee.
Joe Belmonte of Bose Corp. and Marie Cole of IBM were elected to the planning committee.
Current directors include president David Raby of STI Electronics, VP communications Tom Forsythe of Kyzen; VP membership Jim Kuehn of Tyco Electronics Automation Group; treasurer Dan Baldwin of Engent, and secretary Irene Sterian of Celestia.
Other planning committee members include chairperson Steve Greathouse of Greathouse Solutions; Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee of Indium; and Dr. Denis Barbini of Vitronics-Soltec.
BANGKOK – Top 40 EMS provider Fabrinet has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares.