MADISON, AL – STI Electronics, Inc., a full service organization providing training services, training materials, analytical/failure analysis, prototype development, and contract PCB assembly, welcomes Lainee Moore-Manning as an engineering intern for the current semester.

Ms. Manning is a senior at Bob Jones High School (BJHS) and is a participant of the prestigious Engineering Academy. She is interested in pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering. This opportunity to work with STI’s engineers on a multitude of projects will broaden her exposure to multi- disciplined engineering, build confidence, and generate enthusiasm for a future in Engineering.

The STI Engineering Team is looking forward to working with Lainee and sharing their knowledge and experience with her during these next few weeks.

WASHINGTON – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer regarding U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s remarks today on implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act.

“Secretary Raimondo has been a tireless advocate for the CHIPS and Science Act, the historic new law that will reinvigorate chip production and innovation in America. Since the CHIPS Act was introduced, companies in the semiconductor ecosystem have announced new projects across America totaling hundreds of billions of dollars in private investments and supporting hundreds of thousands of new jobs. These new projects—combined with the new law’s critical investments in semiconductor research—will help strengthen America’s economy, national security, critical supply chains, and leadership in the semiconductor-driven technologies of today and tomorrow.

“As the Secretary highlighted today, we must now ensure the CHIPS Act is implemented efficiently, effectively, and expeditiously. We share her ambitious vision that CHIPS implementation provides an historic opportunity to ‘unite behind a shared objective … and think boldly and think big.’ We look forward to working with Secretary Raimondo and other leaders in the Administration to advance the CHIPS Act’s goals of strengthening our economy and national security and making our supply chains more resilient.”

ATLANTA – TrustedParts.com was created by ECIA, in collaboration with participating distributors to support the authorized electronic components industry by giving users access to aggregated price and availability data for genuine parts from only authorized sources. While other inventory aggregation sites may include data from sources that are not authorized by the manufacturer, ECIA works extensively on an ongoing basis to verify that price and availability data displayed on TrustedParts.com is only for products for which the distributors are authorized/franchised. That is why TrustedParts.com is the trusted source for searching the authorized channel for electronic components.

Since its launch in 2010, the platform has added features which continue to improve the functionality of the electronic component search engine so that customers can easily and quickly source reliable products from authorized distributors. Now, with Parametric Search, browsing the site is even easier.

“The advantage of parametric search is that it allows users to find products that meet their desired specifications without needing to know an exact part number,” explained Victor Meijers, ECIA Sr. Vice President. “If you have a set of technical specs, you can use our search to find parts that match those specs. It's very easy and intuitive to use. You can select from a wide variety of product specifications to narrow down your search and then filter the results and browse to find the electronic components that you need.”

TrustedParts.com was created as a free service to purchasing professionals, design engineers and anyone in need of electronic components price and availability information from franchised distributors. Membership in ECIA is not required to participate on the site.

For more information, go to www.trustedparts.com or read more on the blog.

CLINTON, NY – Indium Corporation is proud to continue its legacy of producing the highest quality technical support engineers, benefitting both its global customer base as well as the surface mount technology (SMT) industry. This legacy is evidenced by its current tally of 36 SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association) certified employees as well as the impressive accomplishment of Technical Engineer Carson Burt, who recently achieved a score of 98%—the highest in SMTA history—while earning his SMTA CSMTPE (certified surface mount technology process engineer) certification.

“My success on the SMTA CSMTPE exam is largely owed to the unwavering support I received from my colleagues at Indium Corporation,” said Burt. “It is an honor to work for a company that places such a high priority on the technical competence, continuing education, and overall professionalism of its people.”

With the recent addition of Burt, along with team members Josh Dobransky and Thuy Nguyen, Indium Corporation’s entire U.S. Technical Support team has earned the SMTA CSMTPE certification. This important designation, which certifies competence across the SMT assembly process, is one of the electronics assembly industry’s most respected validations of process excellence.

"We at Indium Corporation are proud of Carson's impressive accomplishment as well as that of our entire technical support team,” said Adam Murling, Technical Services Manager, USA. “Our 100% CSMTPE certification rate is further evidence of the commitment we have to serving our customers with industry-leading technical support."