JASPER, IN – Kimball Electronics said Friday that Steven Korn has been appointed as chief operating officer, effective July 1.

Korn has been the president of global electronics manufacturing services operations since July 2020, the company said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Kathy Thomson, vice president of global business development and design services, has also been appointed to the role of chief commercial officer, effective July 1.

SAN FRANCISCO – If you plan on attending the Semicon West show in San Francisco, CA this year, make sure you stop by the Seica booth - #1561! Seica USA is an exclusive distributor for Osai Automation Systems, as well as Focused Test Inc. semiconductor test solutions.  Seica has partnered up with these co- exhibitors in one large booth, with an assortment of Semiconductor handling and Power, GaN and SiC test solutions. And, as the world leader in Flying Probe test technology, Seica is where customers look for leading-edge wafer, probe card, and electronic board testing solutions.

In the spotlight – Seica’s Flying Probe Tester, Pilot VX Next >Series
The Flying Probe Tester Pilot VX Next> series represents the latest frontier in flying probe test technology; it is the complete solution for those who want maximum performance: the highest test speed, low to medium volume testing, maximum test coverage and flexibility, for prototyping, manufacturing, or repairing any type of probe card, wafer, substrate or CCA. Its vertical architecture is the optimum solution for probing both sides of the device simultaneously. Seica’s Pilot VX Next series on display will be shown testing a ceramic wafer and the same configuration is used to test the most complicated probe/MLO boards produced in the world today.

The Flying Probe Tester Pilot VX Next> series is suitable for:

• Wafer test
• Probe Card/MLO test
• Product validation testing
• Vectorless and in-circuit tests
• Programming and functional tests
• Boundary Scan test
• Medium/high volumes with automatic loader
• Highly-integrated prototypes
• High-mixed products
• Boards not designed for testing
• Reverse Engineering and Repair

In the spotlight – Focused Test, Inc. FTI 1000 and FTI2000
Focused Test Inc. announces the launch of our FTI 2000 Power IC test system which will be on display on the booth by our US distributor, Seica Inc.

FTI 2000 offers a high throughput, low cost and scalable test solution for power IC’s such as Regulators, Voltage Converters and Gate Drivers thanks to its Tester per Channel Board system architecture. FTI 2000 provides high voltage (1,000V), high current (100A) and 100 MHz digital performance needed for multisite production, engineering characterization and failure analysis test of the latest power IC’s. Its small footprint makes efficient use of valuable test floor space.

Focused Test continues to extend the range of the FTI 1000 power discrete test system to address the needs of the SiC Mosfet and GaN HEMT Wide Band Gap power markets, including higher voltage and higher current DC and UIS, Delta Vsd, and Short Circuit tests.

SEMICON West is the premier annual event for the global microelectronics industry. SEMICON West 2023 returns to Moscone Convention Center between July 11-13. This year should prove even better than the previous years due to the US government’s $280M USD investment in “The Chips and Science Act”. Please stop by at our booth #1561, David Sigillo, Vice President of Seica and his team are looking forward to welcoming you for a demo and to assist you in solving your most challenging test and automation requirements.

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES, FRANCE – ICAPE Group (ISIN code: FR001400A3Q3 - Ticker: ALICA), a global technology distributor of printed circuit boards ("PCB"), today announced the evolution of its governance.

In agreement with the Board of Directors, Cyril Calvignac, ICAPE Group’s Chief Executive Officer, today submitted his resignation from his position as Chief Executive Officer and Board member. Yann Duigou, the Group's current Chief Marketing Officer, will succeed him as Chief Executive Officer. Before pursuing a new professional project, and in the interests of good governance, Cyril Calvignac will continue to support the Group until the end of 2023 to ensure this transition.

Yann Duigou, aged of 61, current Chief Marketing Officer and Board member, brings over thirty years' experience in the electronics and PCB industry. Before joining the ICAPE Group in 2017 as Director in charge of e-commerce, he held various executive positions within the CIRE electronics group. He was notably Factory Director and then Managing Director for ten years, from 2002 to 2012. Yann Duigou is a graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG Paris).

The Board of Directors warmly thanks Cyril Calvignac for his vision, commitment and action at the service of the Group since 2003, for which he notably led the IPO to a successful conclusion, and wishes him every success in his future projects.

In addition, the Board of Directors decided to strengthen the Group’s Executive Management with the appointment of two new Deputy CEO, namely Arnaud Le Coguic, who becomes Chief Financial Officer of the Group, and Bingling Li Sellam, who replaces Yann Duigou as Chief Marketing Officer. Shora Rokni sees her scope extended as Chief Strategy and M&A Officer. ICAPE Group's Executive Management is thus composed of a Chief Executive Officer, supported by five Deputy CEO.

The Group's Board of Directors also evolved with the appointment by cooptation of Mr. Thomas Chea as Board member, replacing Mr. Calvignac. This appointment will be subject to ratification by the next Annual General Meeting. Arthur Mendes and Bingling Li Sellam also join the Group's Board of Directors as censors for a 3-year term.

Thierry BALLENGHIEN, ICAPE Group’s Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, stated: "I would like to offer my warmest thanks to Cyril Calvignac for the commitment he has demonstrated daily since joining our Group. Over the past 20 years, he climbed the Group's ladder by my side, one by one, and supported its structuring at the highest level, with its IPO as a major achievement. Yann has my full confidence to pursue the ambitious objectives we set ourselves within the framework of our IPO, and I am sure that his experience and expertise will be major assets to reinforce our trajectory of strong profitable growth. The experienced management team currently in place, composed of experts in the PCB industry, also has my full confidence to successfully lead the Group's future development."

Yann DUIGOU, ICAPE Group’s Chief Marketing Officer, added: "I am particularly proud of the opportunity given to me today to become Chief Executive Officer, and I would like to warmly thank Thierry Ballenghien for the confidence he placed in me. Thanks to our many assets and the strengthening of our governance, I am convinced that the offensive strategy we are deploying today will consolidate our position as a key player in printed circuit board distribution."

NORTH BILLERICA, MA – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing market, will exhibit its new Aurora reflow platform at NEPCON China. The show is scheduled to take place July 19-21, 2023 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. The new Aurora 150N, 12-zone reflow oven will be on display in booth #1D38.

Aurora systems feature modern conveyor options, fully updated user interface, integrated Aqua Scrub™ flux management technology, innovative Smart Power energy savings software, and advanced process control technologies. The Aurora’s conveyor system offers five moveable rails with advanced center support options as well as dual-lane, dual-speed configurations. The conveyor platform, which can accommodate even wider boards than previous models, was designed concurrently to allow for the use of common parts.

“The Aurora launch is the culmination of more than three years of development,” said Joe Yang, product manager for reflow ovens. “We’ve taken feedback from our customers, and blended it with current technology to create a better user experience and performance. We are thrilled to bring this to the Asian market after having great success in the recent launch at the SMTconnect show in Germany,” added Yang.

One of the major innovations for the Aurora platform is the new Wincon 8 oven control system. This proprietary software was designed to mimic the style of SEMI E95 compliant interfaces and features a simplified and configurable main monitor graphic. The updated GUI navigation for Wincon 8 uses icons instead of menus, which significantly enhances the language independence of the control system. Wincon’s Smart Power feature has been upgraded to use the facility power even more efficiently during oven start-up.

In the Aurora reflow oven, maintenance access, oven contamination, input power and process gas usage have all been improved and optimized to deliver the absolute minimum in Cost of Ownership. Aurora’s combination of superior thermal performance, process flexibility and vision for the future sets the new standard for reflow ovens today – and for tomorrow.

To learn more visit www.btu.com