ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge received a $2.3 million contract from BAE Systems to produce power control enclosure assemblies for the M113 armored personnel carrier.
The company expects production to begin in April and continue through Sept. 2006 at its Huntsville, AK, facility.
Atlanta —The Atlanta Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Expo will return to the Gwinnett Civic Center in Duluth on April 20. The free event will feature over 75 industry supplier exhibits, as well free technical presentations.
The morning sessions will feature a look at the electronics supply chain from Mike Buetow, editor-in-chief of Circuits Assembly, followed by a look at the realities and logistics of implementing Pb-free technologies, presented by industry expert (and Circuits Assembly columnist) Phil Zarrow. One of the afternoon sessions will focus on selective soldering techniques, and the second one on strategies for purchasing and increasing lead times in an RoHS environment.
The event also includes a free lunch on the trade show floor for pre-registrants, as well as a 10th anniversary celebration, sponsored by World Micro Components, Inc. A charity raffle to benefit The Joseph Sams School, a private, non-profit school in Fayetteville, is also planned.
Delhi -- Flextronics will become a preferred manufacturing partner for SemIndia Inc., a chip manufacturing consortium working with Advanced Micro Devices, the Indian government, Government of Andhra Pradesh and the India Semiconductor Association.
Flextronics will manufacture electronic products for SemIndia and SemIndia will manufacture semiconductor chips for the various products that Flextronics manufactures in India (including chips for cell phones, set-top boxes and PCs).