CHATSWORTH, CA – NEOTech, a leading provider of manufacturing technology and supply chain solutions for brand name OEMs in the industrial, medical, and mil/aero markets, announces the procurement of industry-leading manufacturing equipment to implement a new SMT line at its Westborough, MA site. This new line replaces an older line being phased out and provides NEOTech customers with the latest technology, improved efficiency, and reduced cycle times, keeping them ahead of their competition.

NEOTech is well known in the industry for its commitment to provide high-quality and high-reliability electronic manufacturing services with the continued investment in cutting-edge manufacturing equipment. The new SMT line in Westborough will enable NEOTech to run a wider range of board sizes, in some cases at twice the current throughput rates. NEOTech is excited to attract new business by offering customers quality manufacturing utilizing the latest advanced technology. Current customers are also being informed of the updated equipment being put in place at the Westborough site and are thrilled for the increased capabilities.

“Our customers are very excited about the implementation of our new line, and our manufacturing team is encouraged as well,” stated Chad Burdick, NEOTech Westborough General Manager. “As the production volumes for several of our key customers continues to grow, our manufacturing teams knew it was vital for us maintain the highest levels of quality with increased accuracy and reduced manufacturing times. Our employees are being trained on the new machines to operate all the equipment proficiently and are enthusiastic about taking on new, challenging projects.”

Emilio Ramirez, NEOTech Global Vice President of Engineering, also commented, “At NEOTech, we continue to invest in equipment as part of our technology roadmap. By investing in the latest placement technologies, we remain committed to improve our efficiencies, reducing manufacturing cycle times and improving quality yields.”

CLINTON, NY – Indium Corporation’s senior product specialist Jenny Gallery will deliver a presentation at the International Conference and Exhibition on High Temperature Electronics (HiTEC), hosted by IMAPS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The presentation, scheduled for April 20, will cover the findings from a technical paper titled AuSn Preform Thickness’s Effect on Thermal Management in Semiconductor Laser Applications.

80Au20Sn is a great choice to ensure good performance and reliability for the plethora of applications that require a high-melting die-attach solder, especially when used in one of its most highly demanded applications: semiconductor laser die-attach. However, the widespread use of semiconductor lasers has been prevented due to the difficulty managing thermal heat transfer. The longevity and potential of these devices become limited when the operational heat increases. One option to improve thermal transfer is the use of a thinner 80Au20Sn preform in the bondline, which allows the heat to transfer to the heat-sink more quickly and efficiently. Defining the voiding percentages for several 80Au20Sn preform thicknesses—ranging from 0.002” to 0.00035” thick—allows for conclusions to be drawn on 80Au20Sn preform thickness’s effect on thermal management in semiconductor laser applications.

“At Indium Corporation, we are constantly improving and expanding our capabilities and the development of an innovative material such as the AuLTRA™ ThInFORMS™—a product that is four times thinner than the average human hair—embodies that core value. In addition to being able to manufacture such a product, generating the data to support its unique qualities authenticates our dependability as a solder materials supplier,” said Gallery. “The opportunity to educate others in the field of electrical and electronic manufacturing on this new technology is a great privilege and I would like to thank IMAPS for giving me the platform to share my expertise at HiTEC.”

As a senior product specialist for the high-temperature business, Gallery is responsible for driving and supporting precious metal-based sales activity and revenue growth by identifying regional market opportunities, leading product and process support, facilitating relationships and driving new business development in the field. She also provides product and process support for solder preforms, wire, ribbon, and paste. Gallery earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University at Albany. She has past experience as a Pharmaceutical Scientist in the clinical and non-clinical research industry, is certified in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and is also a Certified SMT Process Engineer (CSMTPE).

NEW BRITAIN, CT – MicroCare, a global supplier of critical cleaning solutions, is pleased to announce the hiring of Rebecca Mahoney as Senior Quality Control Chemist. Mahoney brings over 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and industrial biotechnology industries, where she conducted analytical techniques to support product development.

As Senior Quality Control Chemist, Mahoney will be responsible for developing, conducting, and overseeing analytical methods to test incoming raw materials and approve outgoing MicroCare products. She will manage and maintain MicroCare's quality inspection and product release programs through best practices for raw materials and finished goods.

"Rebecca's extensive experience and skill in analytical methods, development and validation will undoubtedly make a great contribution to the continued success of our organization. We are excited to add her to the MicroCare team,” said Marufur Rahim, Technical Laboratory Director at MicroCare.

Before coming to MicroCare, Mahoney held analytical chemist and quality assurance chemist roles at Pfizer, Thor Specialties and most recently, Invicro, LLC.

"I am thrilled to be joining MicroCare, a company that is at the forefront of innovation in the critical cleaning industry," said Mahoney. "I look forward to using my expertise to ensure that the quality control criteria at MicroCare is met and to assist in the development of new products.”

Mahoney earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, and a Master of Science in Chemistry from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

PALO ALTO, Calif.— April 2023 – Arch® Systems, the leading provider of machine data and analytics for electronics assembly operations, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dinu Ionescu as Head of Customer Success. With a 25-year background in building world-class operations across multiple global industries and technologies, Ionescu will focus on Arch Systems’ customer satisfaction. Ionescu has extensive experience building and scaling successful, highly performant teams in early and mid-stage startups. His substantial experience with hyper-growth startups has allowed him to develop a blueprint for building and scaling customer success teams that deliver an outstanding customer experience to Arch users.

Ionescu will support Arch Systems’ efforts to scale the customer operations team with a focus on accelerating growth and increasing customer satisfaction. He holds a BSc in Economic Cybernetics from the University of Bucharest and looks forward to helping Arch become the undisputed leader in the manufacturing decision intelligence space.

Arch has built the largest collaboration of industry domain experts working hand-in-hand with data scientists to constantly map new signals from the noisy data, adding them to the ever-growing library of actionable insights. These insights are changing how manufacturers tackle their most complex problems, allowing them to simplify and align actions both on the shop floor and the top floor. Arch also is a recipient of a 2022 NPI Award, 2022 Global Technology Award, 2022 Mexico Technology Award, and a 2022 SMT China Vision Award. The ArchFX Platform provides the machine connectivity, data management, and advanced insights needed to achieve digital transformation across the manufacturing organization. For more information, visit archsys.io or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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