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TORONTO – SMTC Corp. today reported third-quarter revenue of $44.2 million, up 13% sequentially. Revenue dropped 16.8% year-over-year.
APPLETON, WI – Contract manufacturer Surface Mount Technology Corp. today announced the release of its proprietary SMART Platform.
Scalable Modular Automated Reusable Test is said to be a means for testing low- to mid-volume PCB assemblies without high tooling costs.
The platform consists of a set of commercial off-the-shelf USB-based instrumentation, as well as standard software drivers. To develop a test for any assembly, a fixture is developed from a standard fixture kit that interfaces to the SMART platform through a standard set of connectors. The fixture provides probing to the unit under test and connectivity to the instruments in the platform.
A test program is created using software libraries that provide an efficient test development environment. The libraries have support for standard tests, user interface development, report generation, troubleshooting and fixture maintenance, and interfacing to data collection facilities for statistical process control.
HERNDON, VA – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative’s board has recognized Tetsuro Nishimura, president of Nihon Superior, for support of several iNEMI projects.
iNEMI cited Nihon’s generosity in providing human resources and testing capabilities, as well as financial support, to several of its Pb-free projects.
Specifically, the firm supported the Pb-free wave soldering, Pb-free rework optimization, Pb-free alloy alternatives, Pb-free early failures, and solder paste deposition projects.
Nihon Superior supplies Pb-free soldering materials.
