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ROME, NY – The Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA) will offer professional education classes during 2007, providing coursework to earn ESD Device Design or Program Manager Certification. Courses will be available in North America, Europe and Asia, and include topics such as ANSI/ESD S20.20 ESD Program Development, How To’s of In-Plant ESD Auditing and Evaluation Measurements, Cleanroom Considerations for the Program Manager, System Level ESD/EMI: Testing to IEC and Other Standards, and more. Visit www.esda.org for available courses. Registration is underway for classes offered during February in Anaheim, CA.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics today promoted Gayla J. Delly, 47, to president and Donald F. Adam, 43, to chief financial officer. Delly replaces Cary Fu, who remains CEO.

Delly has been with the company since 1996 and CFO since May 2001.

Adam has worked at Benchmark since January 2002, most recently as vice president and corporate controller.

"Gayla and I have worked closely together over the past decade and she has made significant contributions to Benchmark and been an integral part of our executive team," said Fu in a statement. "Gayla is an accomplished leader and is highly respected both within Benchmark and the industry. Likewise, Don has assumed increased financial responsibilities over the past few years and is well qualified to serve as CFO."

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit's fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 34% year-over-year to $3.2 billion, topping analysts' estimates of $3.17 billion.

The EMS firm guided for February quarter to grow about 20% year-over-year, reaching $2.75 billion to $2.85 billion.

SAN JOSE -- ROHSUSA, an industry-led effort to repeal the European ban on lead in electronics, is seeking signatories for an official exemption request for lead in solders now being considered by the European Union.

According to John Burke of ROHSUSA, more than 280 signatures have been received thus far in support of the exemption. Letters must be received by Jan. 10. A link to a sample letter is here.

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BANNOCKBURN, IL – After nearly 15 years and plenty of promise but few successes, the IPC today disbanded its Government Relations committee.

The committee has been a focal point for years, having acted as the trade group’s member liaison to its lobbying activities. It coordinated an annual industry lobbying day, and helped to raise the industry’s awareness – if not its influence – at the congressional level.

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HERNDON, VA - The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative’s (iNEMI’s) workshop on the availability of SnPb-compatible BGAs, originally scheduled for January 24, has been moved to March 1. Hosted by Hewlett-Packard, the workshop will occur at its Cupertino, CA campus.

The workshop is intended to facilitate discussion among high-reliability electronic product manufacturers and makers of electronic components manufactured in ball grid array (BGA) packages.

iNEMI’s SnPb BGA Availability Task Group has assembled information that will be shared with BGA device makers, including a list of critical BGA component families; estimated total available market (TAM) for these devices in SnPb assembly versions; a general business case based on TAM; and scenarios to support this critical market need until reliability issues are resolved for high-reliability, long-life electronic assemblies.

Workshop registration information and directions are available at http://www.inemi.org/cms/projects/ese/SnPb_BGAs.html.