by Mike Buetow
Jan. 14, West Haven, CT - Enthone
Inc. will discuss the latest
in lead-free final finishes and microvia metalization during a series of presentations
at an upcoming trade show.
Enthone will sponsor
30-minute presentations at the booth of its parent company, Cookson
Electronics, during IPC Apex/Printed Circuits Expo. The sessions will
provide the most recent advancements in. The include:
Presentations will cover advancements
in microvia fill applications using patented direct metalization and copper via
fill systems, and lead-free silver finish OSPs said to be able of handling
multiple reflows.
Presentations will be made on Feb. 22 and 23. Seating is limited; email Barry Lee Cohen at bcohen@cooksonelectronics.com to reserve.
by Mike Buetow
ROGERSTONE, South Wales, Jan. 15 - Ultra Electronics Sonar and Communication Systems has awarded a major defense electronics contract to Ttems, a provider of EMS services. Under terms of the deal, worth a reported £6 million over the next 10 years, Ttems will build sonobuoys as part of a program for the U.K. Ministry of Defence.
TTems will be involved in design and manufacturing the sonobuoys.
Sonobuoys are devices that can be dropped from helicopters to detect and locate underwater objects by reflecting/intercepting acoustic waves from an underwater, surface, or above surface acoustic source. The sonobuoys operate in the same way that radar and radio direction finding equipment operate with electromagnetic waves.
U.K.-based Ttems is a subsidiary of TT electronics. It is comprised of AB Electronic Assemblies in Rogerstone, South Wales, and Welwyn Systems in Blyth, Northumberland.
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