TOKYO – DuPont-Toray has filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Ube Industries for allegedly infringing a Japanese patent related to formulation and properties of polyimide film used in chip-on-flex circuits.

In its court filing, DuPont-Toray alleges Ube has infringed patent no. 4777471 covering Kapton polyimide film.

The firm says Ube manufactured and sold polyimide film graded as UPILEX SGAV1.

VELDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS – Assembléon is transferring to a new CEO and management, one year after spinning off from Royal Philips.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today said first quarter net income fell 60% to $6 million, but the electronics manufacturing services provider said recovery continues at its flooded plants in Thailand.

BALVE, GERMANY – The Balver Zinn/Cobar Group has opened a new application and training center here.

This center is equipped with various assembly machines from related companies, including Seho, Ekra and Hakko.

The objective of the center is to support R & D activities, demonstrate processes, provide process support training, and root cause failure analysis for customer issues.

Training programs will take place in the IPC-qualified application part of the center; certified trainers will provide training courses such as hand soldering, DoE in soldering, and IPC training in accordance with J-STD-001E and IPC-A-610E.

For more information, visit www.balverzinn.com/ipc-training.html.