Stratham, NH - Vitronics Soltec's 2005 lead-free soldering seminar tour is now accepting registrations online. The free, day-long seminars are planned in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil during April, May and June 2005.
The tour is based on the "5 Steps to Lead-Free Implementation" program developed by the company's Technology Group in 2001. It covers wave, reflow and selective soldering processes.
The seminar schedule is as follows:
April 2005
05 - Tampa, FL
06 - Columbus, OH
07 - Toronto, Canada
12 - Seattle, WA
13 - San José, CA
14 - San Diego, CA
19 - Guadalajara, Mexico
20 - Juarez, Mexico
21 - Chihuahua, Mexico
May 2005
10 - Reynosa, Mexico
11 - Dallas, TX
12 - Detroit, MI
17 - Bloomington, MN
18 - Kenosha, WI
19 - Indianapolis, IN
24 - Long Island, NY
25 - Marlborough, MA
June 2005
14 - Manaus, Brazil
16 - Campinas, Brazil
To find out more, visit www.vitronics-soltec.com.
GELDERN -- After less than a year, Germany's two largest PCB manufacturers have dissolved a joint sales, marketing and production deal.
In a press release today, Fuba and Ruwel said they have also withdrawn a corporate holding company. The companies joined forces just last year.
As a reason the companies cited differences in views on the strategic alignment.
For the second half of 2004, sales rose 14.4% to $79.7 million. Second half net income was $2.9 million, vs. a loss of $3.7 million.
For the quarter, gross margins were 10%, up from 4.3% last year.