Press Releases
November 22nd, 2017 ― Cranston, Rhode Island USA - AIM Solder, a leading global manufacturer of solder assembly materials for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce their participation at the SMTA Silicon Valley Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place on November 29th, 2017 at Bestronics in San Jose, CA.
Growth for high-density fan-out wafer level packages (FO-WLPs) continues unabated, with Apple’s continued use of TSMC’s InFO process in its smartphone application processors. Standard FO-WLP has experienced a few bumps on the road to higher volumes this year. Problems with Qualcomm’s steep ramp of FO-WLP for its PMICs and RF transceivers at the end of last year, and board-level reliability concerns from some customers, coupled with the option of lower-priced flip chip CSP substrates, prompted Qualcomm to lower its FO-WLP forecast this year and next. While Qualcomm’s forecast may be lower, others are stepping in to use recently installed capacity. FO-WLP has been adoption for some radar modules in vehicles equipped with advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) by companies including Infineon and NXP. Adoption of fan-out on substrate for high-performance applications is expanding.
Schaumburg, IL. Bowman, a global manufacturer of XRF coating measurement instruments, held its 2017 International Sales Meeting in Chicago October 30 and 31, 2017.
BROMONT, CANADA, November 2017 — Cogiscan Inc., the leading Track, Trace and Control (TTC) solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing industry, today announced that it has partnered with MIRTEC to offer a fully integrated Industry 4.0 solution for its suite of vision inspection machines and software.
MENTOR, OH ― November 2017 ― Libra Industries, a privately held electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, today announced that it has received and completed the installation of a second Omron VT-S730 3D Post Reflow AOI system at its Dallas, TX facility. With the new 3D-SJI combo technology, Libra Industries can easily detect lifted lead, lifted component and component coplanarity, and provide high-quality solder joint inspection.
MADISON, AL — November 2017 — STI Electronics, Inc., a full-service organization providing training services, training materials, analytical/failure analysis, prototyping and small-to-medium volume contract PCB assembly, announces Diana Bradford’s 20-year anniversary. Bradford’s anniversary was celebrated with a cake shared with all of her colleagues at STI. David Raby, President/CEO, presented her with a certificate in appreciation of her 20 years of dedicated service.
