YAVNE, ISRAEL – Valor Computerized Systems has acquired a slate of inspection and test, workflow management and quality control technologies from EO Tech GmbH. The deal included the transfer of some engineering staff.
Under terms of the agreement, Valor acquired exclusive rights to EO Tech’s electronics assembly, QA, test and repair software. Valor plans to integrate the functionality into the next generation of its manufacturing planning and execution suite (MPES), planned for 2007.
OLATHE, KS -- Suntron Corp. will close its contract manufacturing business unit here and transfer the business to other company sites, laying off 190 employees in the process, the EMS firm said in an SEC filing yesterday.
The relocation will be "substantially completed" by December.
TAIPEI -- Gold Circuit Electronics next year will add 33% to its manufacturing capacity for PCBs for notebook computers according to Commercial Times, a Chinese newspaper.
The PCB maker aims to grow its capacity to 27 million units per year, up from 18 million units in 2006, the paper said. All the additions will be made in China.
DES PLAINES, IL — Under a new marketing and distribution agreement, EasySpheres will provide inventory and sell Kester’s full product offering of Ultra-Spheres and TSF interconnect fluxes.
Poway, CA -based EasySpheres ships solder spheres lots in quantities of 10,000 to 1 million.
EasySpheres can be reached at 858-486-4068 or www.easyspheres.com.
SAN DIEGO – Eunil H.A. Americas Inc. has entered into a distribution partnership with Jaesung Precision Co. Ltd. Other terms were not immediately disclosed but will be made available during the Assembly Technology Expo in late September.
Jaesung manufactures various
spare parts for automatic insertion and SMD systems. The company’s product
portfolio covers major manufacturers such as Panasonic, Fuji,
KME, Sanyo, Juki, Hitachi
and Samsung.
MILPITAS, CA -- Solectron Corp. furthered ties with one of its top five customers, winning a multiyear contract from Sun Microsystems for its legacy StorageTek product line.
Under the deal, Sun will transfer to Solectron the operations at its StorageTek manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico.