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MADISON, AL — June 2022 — STI Electronics, Inc., a full-service organization including engineering, contract manufacturing and training services, announces Roger Hammonds’ 15-year anniversary. Hammonds’ anniversary was celebrated with a cake that he graciously shared with all of his colleagues at STI.

Silicon Valley: Zero Defects International [ZDI] has announced the acquisition by Westak Circuits of four state of the art Tagarno digital microscopes for utilization in their printed circuit board [PCB] manufacturing facilities located in Sunnyvale, CA and Forest Grove, OR. These microscopes enable many inspection scenarios and will substantially enhance operator performance.

Photon steam aging system provides accelerated life testing simulating elongated storage conditions for high reliability applications.

PALO ALTO, Calif.— June 2022 – Arch Systems, the leading provider of machine data and analytics for electronics assembly operations, today announced the appointment of Benjamin Freeman to Vice President of Engineering. The company is in an active hiring phase as a result of significant growth.

Heraeus Electronics today announced that it will hold a free Welco LED Solder Paste Webinar on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 3 a.m. EDT. The new webinar is entitled, “Enabling Mini and Micro LED using Heraeus Electronics LED series solder paste.”

Traceability of PCBs is extremely important to improve production processes, however, it is becoming increasing difficult as technology advances and boards become smaller in size and more complex to manufacture. To ensure all PCBs are manufactured to the highest standards, Cogent Technology, a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge medical devices and instrumentation, consulted with capital equipment distributor, Altus Group to assist them with machines to handle the traceability of their multifaceted boards.