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BRUSSELS - HP is applying for an exemption from the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive on the grounds of reliability, according to a news report last week.
The exemption HP seeks is for fine-pitch components "with electrical terminations spaced with centers 0.65mm or less apart."
Tin whiskers,
which are known to cause shorts, are behind HP's request, a company
spokesman told Electronics Weekly.
HP is pushing for a composition that includes 15% lead mixed with tin.
Tin whiskers was also behind Sony's application for an exemption. Sony seeks inclusion of five to 10% lead in the electroplated tin coating that goes on flexible circuits that are used as plug-in connectors between PCBs.
In the EMS category, the overall winners were Plexus Corp. (for companies with revenues over $500 million); Reptron Manufacturing Services and Creation Technologies (revenues between $100 and $500 million); and Key Electronics (revenues less than $100 million).
LAGUNA, Philippines - Integrated Microelectronics Inc. today acquired the EMS and ODM assets of Saturn Electronics & Engineering Inc. and its subsidiary Saturn Electronics Philippines, Inc.
The transaction includes Saturn facilities in Tustin, CA - a technology and design center (with capabilities for advanced interconnect research, new product design and development, and engineering and manufacturing process development), prototyping and manufacturing facilities. IMI also acquired Saturn's high-volume SMT assembly facilities in Cebu, Philippines.
The sale will not affect any of Saturn's automotive business or non-flexible circuit electronics business.
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