SAN JOSE – EMS provider Sanmina-SCI Corp. today named former Symbol Technologies executive Walt Hussey president of its technology components group.
Hussey, who was vice president of global manufacturing and distribution for Symbol, will be responsible for PCB fabrication, backplane and cable assembly, and enclosures.
He has 25 years of manufacturing experience with OEMs and EMS firms.
Sanmina-SCI was once the world’s largest supplier of PCBs, but since 2000, sales have dropped from more than $1 billion to about $420 million, according to PCD&M consulting editor Hayao Nakahara’s annual NTI 100 ranking of PWB fabricators.
The company recently announced it would close its Phoenix PWB fabrication site and relocate much of the work to Owego, NY.
CORRECTION: We previously incorrectly reported Hussey would be replacing Steve Bruton. Bruton remains president and general manager of PCB fabrication at Sanmina-SCI. We regret the error.
Hussey, who was vice president of global manufacturing and distribution for Symbol, will be responsible for PCB fabrication, backplane and cable assembly, and enclosures.
He has 25 years of manufacturing experience with OEMs and EMS firms.
Sanmina-SCI was once the world’s largest supplier of PCBs, but since 2000, sales have dropped from more than $1 billion to about $420 million, according to PCD&M consulting editor Hayao Nakahara’s annual NTI 100 ranking of PWB fabricators.
The company recently announced it would close its Phoenix PWB fabrication site and relocate much of the work to Owego, NY.
CORRECTION: We previously incorrectly reported Hussey would be replacing Steve Bruton. Bruton remains president and general manager of PCB fabrication at Sanmina-SCI. We regret the error.
HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – A SMART Group meeting held July 2 resulted in the formation of SMART Group SA.
SMART Group will aim to promote the advancement of the South African electronics industry through education and training in surface mount and related assembly technologies.
Held at Avnet Kopp offices, representatives from component supply, electronics design, manufacturing, education, media, equipment and consumables supply industries attended.
Keith Bryant, a director of the SMART Group, headquartered in the UK, chaired the meeting.
Last year, the trade association presented a series of Pb-free seminars in South Africa.
SMART Group will aim to promote the advancement of the South African electronics industry through education and training in surface mount and related assembly technologies.
Held at Avnet Kopp offices, representatives from component supply, electronics design, manufacturing, education, media, equipment and consumables supply industries attended.
Keith Bryant, a director of the SMART Group, headquartered in the UK, chaired the meeting.
Last year, the trade association presented a series of Pb-free seminars in South Africa.
IRVINE, CA – Henkel Corp. today announced Patrick Trippel as president for the company’s aerospace group. Trippel will maintain his current duties as president of the electronics group of Henkel.
REDMOND, WA — Microsoft Corp. Thursday said it will take a minimum $1.05 billion charge to fix Xbox 360 consoles suffering from widespread hardware failures.
CANBY, OR – In the assembly world, putting vias directly in surface mount pads is often not recommended. But for routing large or fine-pitch BGAs, bypass capacitors, thermal management, and grounding on high-frequency parts, via-in-pad can be an effective, if demanding, solution.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – May rigid PCB shipments at North American fabricators fell 14.8%, while bookings dropped 12.2% from last year, according to the latest data from IPC.
The combined book-to-bill ratio remained just above parity at 1.01.
The combined book-to-bill ratio remained just above parity at 1.01.
