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SEATTLE – Industry veteran and cleaning expert Dr. Carl Tautscher died July 20 from complications from knee surgery. He was active in the electronics industry for more than 40 years.
Tautscher received his doctorate in general chemistry from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He was chairman of the IPC Cleaning and Contamination Control Subcommittee for five years. He was also the chairman of the Aqueous Post Solder Cleaning task group and served on the MIL-F-14256 task group.
During his career, Tautscher authored more than 50 articles and presentations on joining, cleaning, coating and related subjects, plus two textbooks and four minitexts on cleaning, coating and contamination effects.
In 1980, he received the E-Systems Creativity Award for a unique soldering process, and won a Best Article Award from Insulation Circuits in 1978 for his paper "Contamination Introduced by the Soldering Process.”
He also received the Special Recognition Award from IPC in 1996 for years of service and leadership in the efforts to complete IPC-AC-62A, the "Aqueous Post Solder Cleaning Handbook."
ATLANTA – Beginning Oct. 13, Circuits Assembly seeks participants for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.
Now in its 18th year, the SEAs honor companies in electronics manufacturing for excelling in the critical area of customer service, permitting participants to benchmark customer service against their peers.
NORCROSS, GA – Engent recently expanded its facility here by 8,000 sq. ft. to accommodate anticipated orders.
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