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ROME, NY - The ESD Association requests abstracts for technical papers covering the effects of electrostatic discharge (ESD), electrical overstress (EOS) and static electricity for presentation at its 29th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium.
 
The symposium takes place Sept. 16-21 in Anaheim, CA.
 
Submissions must include a 50-word abstract and a maximum four-page summary. The deadline for abstracts is Jan. 12. The final submission deadline for the finished paper (max. 10 pages) is June 8.
 
Contact the ESD Association at 315-339-6937; info@esda.org; www.esda.org.
ST. LOUISLaBarge has received a $4.3 million order from Modular Mining Systems to build electronics assemblies used in mine information management systems.  LaBarge will provide printed circuit boards and box-level assemblies for central data collection and communications used in heavy equipment. LaBarge will manufacture the assemblies at its Pittsburgh facility. Production is expected to begin this month and continue through January. 
MINNEAPOLIS – Rich Freiberger received the SMTA Founder’s Award last month, the organization’s highest individual honor. SMTA presented the award, given for exceptional service to the association and the industry, on Sept. 29 during its annual SMTAI conference in Rosemont, IL.
 
An SMTA director from 1995 through 2001, Freiberger oversaw the Academy program, EAE (Electronics Assembly Expo), Emerging Technologies, and the Philadelphia, Boston and Dallas SMTA chapters. He was instrumental in assisting the association with the reformation of the Silicon Valley chapter. The Founders Award was one of five citations issued during the conference.
 
Kim Hyland received the Member of Distinction Award. Hyland has been a member of SMTA since 1987. He is a Silicon Valley SMTA Technical Program coordinator, SMTA Technical Committee member, iNEMI Technical Committee member and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University industry liaison.
 
The Excellence in Leadership Award was presented to Tom O’Connor. O’Connor has been a member of the SMTA since 1990 and is currently president of the Capital chapter. 

Dr. Charles E. Bauer received the Excellence in International Leadership Award for his continuous commitment to the association’s international focus. Dr. Bauer served on the SMTA board from 1995 to 2001 as vice president of communications and as a planning committee member. He is founder and general chair of the SMTA Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium and Chairman of the International Development Committee. Dr. Bauer was also chapter president of the SMTA/IMAPS Rocky Mountain chapter. 
 
The 2006 SMTA+ Corporate Partnership Award was presented to Flextronics. Flextronics has been a corporate member of SMTA since 1999 and has supported SMTA technical programming. Over the years, they have provided the association with numerous participants in SMTA conferences in more than 60 different capacities (speaker, chair, panelist) presenting high quality technical information at conferences around the world.  

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