Indium Corporation is pleased to announce that Nate Discavage has joined the company as a talent acquisition supervisor.

In this role, Discavage is responsible for developing improvements for recruiting and attracting top talent, engaging in strategic community outreach activities to develop contact with groups and organizations. He also manages Indium Corporation’s award-winning internship program, and implements diversity recruiting strategies consistent with Indium Corporation’s affirmative action plan and objectives.

Prior to joining Indium Corporation, Discavage was a recruiter at the Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL). During his time with RCIL, he helped rebuild their recruitment approach, adding structure and processes to streamline the hiring timeline and ensure a positive candidate experience.

Nate earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications from St. Bonaventure University. He currently serves on the City of Utica’s Access & Inclusion Committee.

About Indium Corporation

Indium Corporation is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.

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Plymouth, WI — September 2022 — Kurtz Ersa Inc., a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Arbell Electronics as its newest manufacturers‘ representative for its award-winning line of VERSAPRINT stencil printers.

Arbell has been successfully serving the electronics industry for more than 40 years. Founded in 1968, it has grown to become the largest national distributor in Canada for production equipment and supplies and boasts Canada's most in-depth line card and largest inventory levels.

Jean Verchere, Ersa’s sales manager of stencil printers – North America, is proud to announce the appointment of Arbell Electronics: “We are happy to welcome Arbell into the Ersa family. For more than four decades they have been supporting their customers and providing solutions across Canada, and we look forward to their continued success with Ersa printers. A special thanks to Lee Wise, president of Arbell Electronics, and to everyone at Arbell across all of Canada.”

Ersa’s VERSAPRINT is the first stencil printer worldwide to offer fully integrated 100 percent 3D SPI – offering error detection before they appear through stencil inspection, zero reference measurement of the unprinted PCB and the inspection of complex PCBs directly after the printing process. The VERSAPRINT stencil printers with integrated 100% post print inspection have successfully established themselves in today’s market for electronic manufacturing equipment. The VERSAPRINTS have long since outgrown the status of being “only a simple printer” and have transformed themselves into full-fledged multifunctional systems. Extending 2D inspection, Ersa now presents the VERSAPRINT 3D-SPI – with even more process control and still minimal floor space requirements.

For more information on Ersa VERSAPRINT stencil printers, visit www.ersa.com or e-mail Jean Verchere at jean.verchere@kurtzersa.com.

For more information about Kurtz Ersa Inc., visit www.ersa.com.

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NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., September 2022 — BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing market, today announced the appointment of Smd-Tec as its new exclusive distributor for reflow soldering systems in the Benelux region.

Smd-Tec will provide sales, technical and after sales support for BTU’s high-performance reflow ovens and custom furnaces. Since 1950, BTU has been the partner of choice for manufacturers facing the most complex thermal processing challenges.

“We are excited and honored to team up with BTU,” says Tom Van Tongelen, CEO at Smd-Tec. “Their high reliability and energy efficient solutions are a perfect match for our customers in the Benelux region that can now benefit from a broad range of reflow systems to fit every need.”

Oliver Wehner, European Sales Manager, BTU, stated: “We are very pleased to begin our collaboration with SMD/Tec. Their existing partnerships provide a great opportunity to access the Benelux market with a high-quality line of equipment. SMD/Tec will be able to provide technical support and sales after care for our existing installed base and new installations.”

Established in 2009, Smd-Tec is passionate about solutions for achieving efficient electronics production in the Benelux countries. For more information, visit www.smd-tec.be.

To learn more, visit www.btu.com.

About BTU International

BTU International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amtech Group (Nasdaq: ASYS), is a global supplier and technology leader of advanced thermal processing equipment in the electronics manufacturing market. BTU’s high-performance reflow ovens are used in the production of SMT printed circuit board assemblies and in semiconductor packaging processes. BTU also specializes in precision controlled, high-temperature belt furnaces for a wide range of custom applications, such as brazing, direct bond copper (DBC), diffusion, sintering and advanced solar cell processing. BTU has operations in North Billerica, Massachusetts, and Shanghai, China, with direct sales and service in the U.S.A., Asia and Europe. Information about BTU International is available at www.btu.com.

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Hanover, Germany, September 26, 2022 – Viscom AG will be presenting its latest inspection solutions at the world's leading trade fair electronica in Munich, Germany, from November 15 to 18, 2022. At booth A3-642, the company's experts will demonstrate how the highest quality requirements in today's electronics production can be met with pinpoint accuracy – quickly, precisely and with all-round networking.

Smart condition monitoring, central and efficient IT management service, high-performance and scalable processing of large data volumes – Viscom will present these topics in the context of its new modular platform vConnect. The use of state-of-the-art methods enables complex manufacturing processes to be protected even better than before against unexpected disruptions and delays.

There will also be exciting reports on the practical application of artificial intelligence: Using the classification of inspection results as an example, possibilities will be shown for gradually establishing AI as a reliable co-decision criterion in quality control. Another AI focus will be the smart segmentation of voids detected by automatic X-ray inspection.

At electronica, visitors will gain an in-depth insight into Viscom's wide-ranging system world. Among other things, the iX7059 PCB Inspection XL will be on display at the booth. The powerful 3D AXI system inspects PCBs up to 1600 mm in length for solder beads, damage, voids and many other potential defects. An innovative dynamic 3D image acquisition process, in combination with user-friendly software, generates complete volumes and individual CT slice images exceptionally quickly for accurate and repeatable measurements.

Potential applications of manual and semi-automatic X-ray can be demonstrated on the X8011-III 3D MXI system from Viscom. In daily practice, it supports process optimization and production start-ups, helps in processing complaints and is also ideally suited for quality inspections in high-mix low-volume production.

Viscom will present everything worth knowing about fast automatic optical inspection, including all-round smooth handling, on its S3088 ultra gold 3D AOI system – which is now used very successfully by customers worldwide. Special features of wire bond inspection will be explained on the S6053BO-V. With the aid of height information, for example, even precisely specified loop shapes can be reliably inspected with this equipment.

With vConnect, users have a transparent view of the availability and performance of all inspection systems in use and the associated peripherals

About Viscom

Founded in 1984, Viscom AG is one of the leading suppliers worldwide in the field of assembly inspection within electronics production. With its headquarters and production site in Hanover, Germany, the company develops, produces and sells high-quality inspection systems in the areas of AOI, SPI, AXI and MXI as well as wire bond inspection and conformal coating inspection. The systems developed and manufactured in Hanover set high standards in terms of accuracy and speed. The product range covers the complete spectrum of optical inspection and X-ray inspection for small and medium-sized companies as well as for large series production. Viscom systems are used for 100% automatic inspection of electronic assemblies such as those used in the production of automotive electronics, aerospace technology or in the manufacture of telecommunications electronics.

Product development also focuses on customer-specific system developments and networking with other production processes for smart factory applications. In order to achieve this, Viscom AG increasingly invests in its own software and hardware development which is constantly defining new standards in inspection technology.

International sales are handled by a broad network of its own subsidiaries, application centers, service centers and representatives. A service team of in-house technicians and application specialists commission Viscom systems worldwide, offering maintenance, conversion and modernization from a single source. In addition, system-specific training courses are offered for customers’ operators, programmers and maintenance personnel. Experienced engineers and technicians from the application and service departments share their expert knowledge with participants.

Viscom AG has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2006 (ISIN: DE0007846867).

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