Jersey City, NJ – In August, the U.S. Patent Office awarded a patent to Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials Group for its Alpha Dimensions Stencil Configuration, Design and Ordering Software. The patent, "System and Method for Modifying Electronic Design Data" covers the part of the software that allows unique or custom stencil design rules to be electronically programmed into the system and then automatically applied to any standard stencil data file (ie. Gerber 274x) creating a new data file that is used to produce the stencil.
 
"We are very pleased to be issued this important patent. Cookson Electronics has invested in Alpha Dimensions as a unique way of providing our customers with a highly accurate and reliable way of applying their increasingly complex stencil designs,” said Mike Murphy, Global Product Manager for stencils.  “Alpha Dimensions also gives us the ability to apply a particular customer’s design rules to stencils produced by any of our stencil manufacturing sites worldwide. This supports our customer’s ability to easily transfer production jobs between their global sites."
 
Cookson developed the system with the help of ProVision Software.

Redmond, WA and Chandler, AZ – Data I/O and Microchip Technology will cooperate to further develop their respective and mutual customer bases. Both companies will direct increased resources for closer customer support at the device level as well as local sales and marketing cooperation.
 
Bruce D. Rodgers, VP of sales and marketing Americas/Asia for Data I/O, said, “Our companies have had a successful relationship for some time, and this agreement recognizes that we can further strengthen ties to better serve our many mutual customers in Asia, Europe and the Americas. This agreement is equally important because Microchip and Data I/O see the potential business growth associated with a closer working relationship, which allows customers to benefit from increased early support through the many phases of volume production.”
 
Microchip Technology provides microcontroller and analog semiconductors. Data I/O Corp.makes manual and automated device programming systems.

Salem, NH – EMS provider Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies has achieved ISO-9001:2000 certification.
 
To obtain the certification, a company must demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements, and aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system.
 
“We are extremely proud of our employees who worked diligently to achieve this certification. When we founded this company in 2004, our first goal was to achieve ISO-9001:2000 certification.  Accomplishing this goal within the first 14 months of our business illustrates our commitment to our customer’s goals and providing the widest opportunities to our valued employees,” said Gary Tarallo VP of operations.

NEWARK, N.Y -- IEC Electronics Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income of $52,000 on revenue of $4.1 million.

For the year ended Sept. 30, IEC's net income was $285,000 on revenue of $19.1 million. This compares to a net loss of $828,000 on revenue of $27.7 million for fiscal 2004.

For the fourth quarter last year, the EMS provider reported net income of $62,000 on revenue of $7.7 million

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