TOKYO – Denso Corp. in July will begin construction of new facility on the premises of its Agui Plant located in Japan. Denso Elecs Co. Ltd. will transfer its headquarters and electronic product manufacturing plant from its Takatana Plant to the new facility, expected to be completed in March 2007.
 
The company expects to invest around $19 million (USD) in the 12,800 sq. m. building.
 
Production of electronic products including bar-code readers, IC card readers, and programmable controllers is scheduled to start in May 2007.
 

Atotech introduces StannoPure HSB Bright Tin Plating and Stannopure HSM Matte Tin Plating Products in the U.S. 
 
The range of pure tin processes have been developed to meet the EU directives WEEE and RoHS, which ban the use of lead in the electrical and electronic industries. While matte tin has become a favored SnPb alloy replacement option in plating connectors, bright pure Pb-free tin has not yet gained market attention in electronic applications.
 
“With StannoPure HSB, your customers can now benefit from a ‘whisker-mitigated’ bright tin electrolyte, complying with JESD 22A121.01 requirements,” said Gene Barlowe, U.S. functional electronics coatings manager.
 
Atotech, atotech.com
 

Boston, MA -- Innov-X Systems has joined with GoodBye Chain Group and NSL Analytical to present a series of online webinars to build awareness and provide information and knowledge on RoHS/WEEE Directives.
 
An hour-long meeting on June 15 at 2 p.m. EST will enable discussions with legal, technical and business experts regarding Pb-free due diligence.
 
For more info, visit goodbyechain.com/content/view/46/61/ 

Dimatix has added software capabilities to its DMP-2800 materials deposition system. Aimed at providing increased flexibility for designing printed patterns, Dimatix Drop Manager software adds the capability to print standard Windows bitmap (BMP) image files with an optional Gerber File Import (GFI) feature.
 
Martin Schoeppler, VP, strategic business development, saic, “This software release dramatically increases the complexity of patterns that technology professionals can print. Developers of jetted electronics in particular will benefit from the easy-to-use Gerber converter.”
 
The new capability allows designers to utilize image editors, such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Paint, to directly edit files for precise single drop placement. Third-party conversion programs can be used to create BMP files from AutoCAD, PDF or other vector-based applications.
 
With the GFI option, DMP-2800 users can print Gerber files from all popular PCB layout packages at resolutions up to 5080 dots per inch (5 µm droplet pitch). The GFI option also includes a copy of GerbMagic, a popular Gerber file viewer and manipulation tool. GerbMagic allows rotations, mirroring, panelization and compositing of multiple Gerber images into one.
 
 
The Dimatix DMP-2800 series printer is a bench-top precision digital materials deposition system for high-precision patterned jetting of functional fluids – including nanoparticle-based metallic and organic materials – on any type of surface, such as plastic, glass, metal sheets, silicon, membranes, gels and paper.
 
The system is an easy-to-use tool to quickly develop and test processes and prototypes, as well as to conduct low-volume manufacturing of a broad range of products – from PCBs, RFID tags and flexible or rigid displays to DNA arrays, optical microlenses and wearable electronics.
 
By directly printing on their substrates, customers can develop prototypes and keep process technology in-house. Customers can fill the single-use cartridges with any type of fluidic material to perform print and deposition functions without having to become fluid jet experts.
 
Dimatix, www.dimatix.com