NORTHFIELD, IL -- Fewer owners and managers of small manufacturing companies during the third quarter expressed confidence in their business prospects for the next 12 months, the Small Business Research Board reported today. Forty-five percent expect revenues to increase during the next 12 months, a seven point decline sequentially.
SACRAMENTO -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday vetoed a bill that proposed to significantly expand the RoHS statutes mandated by the California Waste Recycling Act.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies will offer a free Webinar on stencil design and its role in defect reduction and process cycle time improvement.
The Webinar will take place Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. EST.
Areas of discussion will include an overview of the printing process, basics of stencil design, and the impact of design on defect reduction and cycle time. In addition, several “real world” stencil designs successful in eliminating manufacturing defects will be discussed.
DALLAS, TX – Integrated Test Corp., manufacturer of automated test equipment for PCBs, has expanded its presence in Asia with a sales and applications office in Taiwan.
This location will service the Pacific Rim, other Asian companies, and offshore operations of existing U.S. customers, Integrated Test says.
LOHJA, FINLAND — An Elcoteq subsidiary today signed a deal to sell its manufacturing facility here to Sponda Kiinteistörahasto for 6.3 million euros. The transaction will be executed as a real estate deal, with ownership being transferred from the subsidiary, Kiinteistö Oy Piiharju, to Sponda by Oct. 31.