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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11 -- Elcoteq Network Corp. will feature its EMS model and capabilities for optimizing time-to-market at the European Microwave Show this week.

The show will be held Oct. 12-14, in Amsterdam.

Elcoteq's model -- called Virtual Cluster -- is based on a partnership where the OEM focuses design and technology, and Elcoteq handles issues of manufacturability, the manufacturing equipment budget, production capacity, bill of materials, supply chain, and creating and maintaining a time-line and focus for production and delivery to the OEM's customer.

By jointly setting up a process of defined milestones to discuss upcoming products and manufacturing challenges, both companies are prepared for time and manufacturing adjustments, and the engineering department can focus on design instead of logistics, reducing time-to-market, Elcoteq says.

For more on the Virtual Cluster model, see next month's Circuits Assembly.

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HOUSTON, Oct. 6 — A top executive of BP Microsystems will speak on integrating device programming on the factory floor during the Contract Electronics Manufacturers Conference and Exhibition next month in Budapest.

Lyman Brown, executive VP president and COO, will address an expected audience of more than 500 senior managers from central European companies.

CEMCEX is by invitation only. Other events include workshops on lead-free issues and electronics production.

BP Microsystems supplies device programming systems.

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Cleveland - Oct. 6, 2004 -- Keithley Instruments Inc. has updated its popular reference book, "Low Level Measurements Handbook:  Precision DC Current, Voltage, and Resistance Measurements."  The sixth edition of the book describes theoretical and practical considerations involved in the measurement of low DC currents, high resistances, low DC voltages and low resistances. 

 

Chapter topics discuss proper use and configuration of nanovoltmeters, picoammeters, electrometers, high resistance sources and low resistance sources. A number of chapters have been updated to reflect new measurement techniques for making accurate electrical measurements on today's small devices, many of which are down to nano-scale geometries.

 

The Instrument Selection Guide, glossary and a troubleshooting guide are updated, and a new section deals with safety considerations when making precision electrical measurements.

 

For a free copy, call 1-888-KEITHLEY or visit www.keithley.com/pr/006.html.

AMSTERDAM, Oct 7 -- Philips Electronics will sell one of its six television assembly plants in Poland to Jabil Circuit, Reuters reported today.

The deal is expected to close next month.

Philips is Europe's largest maker of consumer electronics.

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JIANGSU, CHINA, Oct. 8 -- Indium Corp. of America  has opened a solder paste manufacturing plant in Suzhou Industrial Park here, the company said today.

The facility also houses quality operations, sales and technical support.

President Greg Evans said in a press statement, "This facility addresses the tremendous demand for our solder paste by the Chinese market. It is also the next step in our strategy for providing world-class service and support throughout the world."

Indium also has manufacturing sites in Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S.

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BANNOCKBURN, IL, Oct. 7 —  Michael Marks will reveal how he led Flextronics to the top echelon of the EMS industry in a keynote address at next year's Apex trade show. Marks, chief executive since January 1994, has seen company revenues grow from $93 million in 1993 to $14.5 billion last year.

Other keynoters during the Feb. 22-24 event are:

  • Walt Custer, president, Custer Consulting Group, on the industry economy .
  • Jim McElroy, CEO, the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, on the 2004 NEMI roadmap of future manufacturing needs.
  • Pilot Burt Rutan, founder, Scaled Composites and SpaceShipOne, on winning the $10 million Anasari X Prize for reaching space twice in a two-week span using a privately manned rocketship.
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