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Londonderry, NH - Cobar Solder Products, the U.S. subsidiary of Cobar Group, today celebrated its first anniversary.
In a press release, the supplier of soldering materials said its customer base is expanding.
In a statement, general manager Lance Larrabee said Cobar's "vast experience with VOC-free and lead-free products [is] a tremendous benefit to U.S. companies converting to lead-free soldering, since our products have proven their compatibility in factories around the globe."
Earlier this year, Cobar introduced a low-VOC soldering flux for lead-free soldering in wave and selective soldering systems.
WEST CHICAGO -- Samtec led all suppliers of connectors last year in customer satisfaction with lead times, according to a just released survey.
With a score of 4.829, Samtec outpolled Phoenix Contact, which scored 4.265.
Respondents to the survey, which was taken last year, described its satisfaction with each supplier on a scale of 1 to 6, with 6 being "extremely satisfied." A score of 3.50 or above indicates a degree of satisfaction. The industry average was 3.902, Bishop said.
A total of 1,604 persons responded to the poll, which was conducted by Bishop & Associates, a consulting firm. Of the respondents, 41.1% were in engineering and 40.5% were in purchasing. Just under half (49.4%) the respondents were with OEMs, while 20% were with EMS firms and 18.3% with distributors.
Finishing third was Tompeter, at 4.232, followed by W.L. Gore (4.219) and Weidmuller (4.172).
Rounding out the top 10 were Johnson Components (4.163), EDAC (4.148), Molex (4.108), Teradyne (4.07) and Kycon (4.056).
The acquisition is UGS' fourth since launching independent operations in May 2004.
The PLM software provider will market Tecnomatix as its digital manufacturing brand to include both Tecnomatix and former E-factory software. The company will offer a fully integrated solution of Tecnomatix MPM to UGS Teamcenter software users while continuing to offer the open standalone MPM solution integrated with the PLM environment of choice for its customers.
UGS plans to announce additional digital manufacturing-related technology enhancements later in 2005.
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