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- To obtain sufficient information through inspection activities at vendor and licensee/applicant facilities to assure part authenticity.
- To ensure that vendors are complying with the applicable industry requirements.
- To inform industry/vendors of instances involving substandard, suspected counterfeit or fraudulently marketed vendor products and to gather and provide timely information to system users.
- To assure that counterfeit and fraudulently marketed products are traced to their source and that system users are informed and alerted of possible suspected parts.
- To inform private and federal agencies of appropriate matters involving substandard products.
- To assure that system users' programs and their subsidiaries, as applicable, have an effective system for reporting counterfeit and fraudulently marketed products.
- To provide technical assistance to system users for identifying counterfeit and fraudulently marketed products.
According to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune, business is looking up for maquiladora factories in Mexico. After surviving the loss of nearly 300,000 jobs nationwide, Mexico is reaping the benefits of U.S. economic recovery, with new and expanding manufacturing companies now seeking workers to fill 18,000 job openings.
The maquiladora program allows foreign manufacturers to ship components into Mexico duty-free for assembly and subsequent re-export. Industry established under the maquiladora program is Mexico's second largest source of foreign revenue (following oil exports).
According to the article, employers are increasing worker benefits and wages to fill the new demand for factory workers—with some companies even going door-to-door to find applicants.
Demand for engineers and technicians is especially high since many Mexican factories survived the economic downturn by turning to more sophisticated processes to manufacture advanced products in the electronics, automotive and medical industries.
The more sophisticated manufacturing activities mean higher salaries for qualified workers—with wages for engineers now reaching $20,000-$40,000 a year. Companies are struggling to find college graduates and other workers that they can educate for the newly available highly skilled positions.
While the electronics, automotive, aerospace and medical parts factories that seek the workers are unable to predict whether or how long the economic rebound will last, the companies understand the importance of recruiting and training workers now in the high-tech skills that are increasingly required.
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The Ultra 2800 DispensLink system from EFD (East Providence, RI) uses positive displacement technology to produce consistent, volumetric shots of epoxies, adhesives and many other assembly fluids—regardless of changes in fluid volume, viscosity or temperature.
The mechanical benchtop system operates on electricity and does not require the use of compressed air. It is ideal for applications that require precise metering of assembly fluids with changing viscosities, or where specific flow rates are necessary.
The patented technology uses a stepper motor and hydraulic cable to advance and retract a piston inside the fluid reservoir in precise increments. This results in consistent volumetric fluid deposits, without the need to adjust settings to compensate for changes in fluid characteristics.
EFD Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordson Corp., a producer of precision dispensing equipment. Nordson and EFD systems apply adhesives, sealants and other assembly fluids to a range of consumer and industrial products during manufacturing operations.
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