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Press Releases

MADISON, AL — March 2018 — 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 its domain change to www.stiusa.com.

Kennesaw, Georgia, USA – The sharp, custom performance motorcycle in the center of the booth led the theme for YAMAHA’s IPC/APEX EXPO 2018 exhibit, “Revs Your Heart”, and there was much to quicken the pulse at the booth this year, judging from the many attendees swarming around the performance assembly technology arrayed around the perimeter of the exhibit.

Chicago, Illinois, USA – Flextron Circuit Assembly, a full-service contract electronics manufacturer, has added 3D Solder Paste Inspection (SPI) capability and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) to its PCBA manufacturing lines, ensuring high quality and reliability in its finished electronic assemblies.

ASM visualizes the Smart Factory with Augmented Reality, CFX demo, Workflow solutions

WNIE live presents companies with a high profile and cost-effective opportunity to increase their visibility and promote their expertise to key engineers, managers and executives from all sectors of the UK electronics industry.

By Phil Aponte, Siemens

With the majority of today’s consumer electronics being supplied from Asia, primarily through contract manufacturers which utilize a very high level of manual assembly labor, there is an increasing trend towards automation. For example, as Chinese labor rates continue to escalate, in an instant replay of the Japan scenario of the 70’s and 80’s, more offshoring is being transferred to lower cost labor markets in Southeast Asia, particularly India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, as these countries also seek experience a similar increase in labor cost, the need for higher level automation and use of collaborative robots will accelerate.