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TEDDINGTON, UK – The National Physical Laboratory seeks input for its electronics defects database.
Available soon at http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk, the confidential database will amass common problems and make images freely available for engineers to implement corrective actions in processes or designs.
NPL is circulating three surveys to establish the most common problems experienced or highlighted. The surveys are aimed at PCB manufacturers/distributors/brokers (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/pcb.pdf); component manufacturers & distributors (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/components.pdf); and printed circuit board assembly companies (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/assembly.pdf).
Surveys are available to download; when results are compiled, a copy of the full results will be available.
ST. PETERSBURG – EMS/ODM Foxconn Electronics plans to invest at least $50 million constructing a plant near St. Petersburg, local reports say.
According to the report, Foxconn will build several HP product lines at the plant, including PCs, LCD monitors and network gear to be sold in Russia and worldwide, the company says.
The company earlier said the suburban St. Petersburg construction site would total 60,000 sq. meters.
LOS ANGELES – Sony has established a national consumer electronics recycling program to encourage proper disposal of electronics devices.
BEIJING – EMS provider Elcoteq Beijing was recently awarded with the Beijing government’s Capital Civilized Enterprise Award and the 2006 Civilized Enterprise of Business Development Area Award.
The Capital Civilized Enterprise Award was awarded for developing a business that is positively integrated into the Beijing community and meets the standards the government is fostering in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
The 2006 Civilized Enterprise of Business Development Area Award was presented by the succinctly named Committee of Business Development Area of Social Construction of Ideological Infrastructure for contributions to accelerating the development of the high-tech industrial park as an international technology center.
This was the second year in a row Elcoteq won the award.
EL PASO, TX – Powell-Mucha Consulting Inc. and SMTA present a third Webinar in a four-part series: Guide to Building a Competitive EMS Brand - EMS Account Acquisition Strategy.
This Webinar will take place Aug. 22 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST. It will cover profiling the OEM decision team; developing a robust lead qualification system; implementing a mindshare maintenance process to minimize wasted sales calls, and measuring marketing and sales effectiveness.
This Webinar will take place Aug. 22 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST. It will cover profiling the OEM decision team; developing a robust lead qualification system; implementing a mindshare maintenance process to minimize wasted sales calls, and measuring marketing and sales effectiveness.
Other questions addressed by this series include: How can EMS providers differentiate their services to customers, given that these services are essentially the same? How can you best market internal competencies such as RoHS conversion support, project launch, Lean manufacturing, product design or post-manufacturing support?
For information and registration visit
For information and registration visit
Cost is $75 for SMTA members and $150 for nonmembers.
WILLOW GROVE, PA – A potential low-cost cure for Microsoft’s recently publicized billion-dollar Xbox reliability headache is being recommended by an SMT assembly equipment manufacturer in conjunction with a German rework specialist.
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