Suwanee (USA), May 13, 2020 – When the growing demand for smart-home solutions had pushed Norwegian manufacturer CTM Lyng AS to its capacity limits, the company decided to transition to an integrated smart factory with E-Solutions for printing and placement as well as with ASM software solutions. The result: much more throughput and improvements in flexibility and productivity.

April 2020 – MIRTEC, a ‘Leading Global Supplier’ of Technologically Advanced 3D Inspection Systems to the Electronics Manufacturing Industry, is pleased to announce that Integrated Test Corporation, a leading fabricator of ATE probe and final test PCBs, has selected MIRTEC as their 3D AOI partner with the purchase of an MV-7U OMNI Large Format PCB 3D AOI Machine.

(Waterbury, CT USA) – May 12th, 2020 – The Assembly Solutions division of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, a world leader in the production of electronics soldering and bonding materials, promotes its ALPHA SnCX Plus 07 silver free and lead free wave solder alloy as a new solution for moderately complex assemblies.

Porto, Portugal, May 12th, 2020 -The Critical Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has received the highest scores for three use cases in a recent Gartner report: Critical Capabilities for Manufacturing Executions Systems (February 2020). The report has been produced to help supply chain technology leaders evaluate available MES products based on “14 key differentiating functional capabilities across seven major use cases.”  Out of the seven use cases, Critical Manufacturing is ranked within the highest four scores among five use cases and is also placed highest in three use cases.