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EDINA, MN -- Jeff Kennedy, director of advanced manufacturing engineering at Celestica Inc., last week received SMTA’s Founder’s Award, the trade group’s highest individual honor.
HIBBING, MN — Kimball Electronics will close its electronics manufacturing plant in Hibbing by next March and lay off some 200 employees, according to local news reports.
MADISON, AL -- STI Electronics, a provider of EMS, training and lab services, plans to break ground soon on a 53,000 sq. ft. building near the company's current location outside Huntsville.
President David Raby told Circuits Assembly the company hopes to move into the new building before 2008.
STI has two SMT lines and offers a host of training programs to industry standards, as well as extensive lab and analysis capabilities.
Ed.: This story was updated Oct. 16. The original story reported that ground had been broken.
President David Raby told Circuits Assembly the company hopes to move into the new building before 2008.
STI has two SMT lines and offers a host of training programs to industry standards, as well as extensive lab and analysis capabilities.
Ed.: This story was updated Oct. 16. The original story reported that ground had been broken.
BEDFORDSHIRE, UK -- Jaltek Group and Connect Systems International last week signed an agreement to cross-market and manufacture electronics products.
Jaltek offers design and prototype services, while Connect Systems has 19 high-volume SMT lines in plants Europe in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
Connect Systems is a member of the IPTE Group, which recently acquired and integrated EMS provider Barco Manufacturing Services Division. It reported fiscal 2006 sales of 170 million euros and employs about 1,700 workers.
Jaltek employs 90 staff across its sites in Bedfordshire, and Wokingham, Berkshire.
Jaltek offers design and prototype services, while Connect Systems has 19 high-volume SMT lines in plants Europe in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
Connect Systems is a member of the IPTE Group, which recently acquired and integrated EMS provider Barco Manufacturing Services Division. It reported fiscal 2006 sales of 170 million euros and employs about 1,700 workers.
Jaltek employs 90 staff across its sites in Bedfordshire, and Wokingham, Berkshire.
NORTHFIELD, IL -- Fewer owners and managers of small manufacturing companies during the third quarter expressed confidence in their business prospects for the next 12 months, the Small Business Research Board reported today. Forty-five percent expect revenues to increase during the next 12 months, a seven point decline sequentially.
SACRAMENTO -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday vetoed a bill that proposed to significantly expand the RoHS statutes mandated by the California Waste Recycling Act.
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