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ROSSLYN, VA, Dec. 22 -- The National Electrical Manufacturers Assn. will sponsor a trade mission to India in February as its members seek to crack the world's second largest population and fastest growing economy.

The mission is aimed at business executives seeking to develop familiarity with the Indian electroindustry supply base and market, acquire firsthand knowledge of emerging business practices and establish contact with key business and government officials.

NEMA is arranging meetings with the U.S. Commerce Department officials, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and other local officials. The trade group will also attend various engineering conferences and manufacturing sites.

Commitments are due Jan. 10; www.nema.org/media/pr/upload/india-commitment.pdf.

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VISTA, CA, Dec. 21 - Fabrinet, a electromechanical manufacturing services company, will add an array of optoelectronic and packaging assembly equipment to beef up its volume assembly of optoelectronic components.

Fabrinet will add equipment for laser diode attachment and thermosonic ball and stitch wire bonding from Palomar Technologies, the companies said today.

The equipment will be installed in Fabrinet's manufacturing facilities in Bangkok.

"Fabrinet is one of a very few EMS companies capable of the precision manufacture in high volume of complex components such as those in the optics, optomechanical, and optoelectronic industries," said Bruce W. Hueners, Palomar vice president of marketing and business development, in a statement.

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BANGALORE, Dec. 20 - Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials has opened a research center in India, making its the first electronics assembly materials company to do so, the company said today.

The opening of the center on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore brings to four the number of R&D labs Cookson operates worldwide located. The others are in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan.

"Cookson Electronics remain[s] steadfastly committed to serving our customers in the fast growing Asia/Pacific region where we have experienced double-digit growth over the past five years with no slowdown in sight," said David Zerfoss, president of Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials, in a statement.

The new center, a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, employs eight doctorates among its staff.

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