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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – Aqueous Technologies customers will receive a free Zero-Ion ROSE tester or ultrasonic stencil cleaner with the purchase of a Trident-CL during the month of July, the firm says.

Trident-CL is a closed-loop, zero-discharge fully automatic defluxer and cleanliness tester.

The Zero-Ion ROSE tester is designed to test electronics assemblies for ionic contamination. It automatically removes and detects contamination on an electrical assembly or bare board and provides quantitative contamination measurements.

Ultrasonic stencil cleaners use sound waves to remove unreflowed solder paste and uncured adhesives from stencils, screens and misprints.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association will hold its first general meeting here July 15.

The meeting will take place at the San Francisco Omni Hotel.

SEMA was established June 10 at Flextronics’ campus in Milpitas, CA, as an educational, technical and professional association serving the solar manufacturing and related industries.

“On the basis of a very successful first meeting, we are now inviting all stakeholders in the industry to participate and help establish SEMA as a member-driven professional organization that will help propel solar energy to the forefront. We want SEMA to be regarded as an indispensible resource for professionals around the world, including key stakeholders in research, manufacturing, academia and government,” said Matthew Holzmann, president of Christopher Associates, one of the founding members.

For further information, contact Holzmann at matt.holzmann@christopherweb.com or Dennis Willie at dennis.willie@flextronics.com.

OTTAWA – Canada’s Ministers of the Environment and of Health have determined resin and rosin acids will continue to be permitted to be used in manufacturing.

TEMPE, AZ – Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in June for the 11th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The PMI registered 56.2%, a drop of 3.5 percentage points.

A reading above 50% indicates the manufacturing economy is generally expanding.

New orders for the month dipped 7.2 points to 58.5%, while production dropped 5.2 points to 61.4%. Inventories were up a slight 0.2 points to 45.8%, while customer inventories surged 6 points to 38%. Backlogs fell 2.5 points to 57%.

“The manufacturing sector continued to grow during June; however, the rate of growth, as indicated by the PMI slowed when compared to May. The lower reading for the PMI came from a slowing in the New Orders and Production Indexes. We are now 11 months into the manufacturing recovery, and given the robust nature of recent growth, it is not surprising that we would see a slower rate of growth at this time. The sector appears to be solidly entrenched in the recovery. Comments from the respondents remain generally positive, but expectations have been that the second half of the year will not be as strong in terms of the rate of growth, and June appears to validate that forecast,” said ISM spokesperson Norbert J. Ore.

The overall economy grew for the 14th consecutive month, says ISM.

RENO, NV – Paradise Manufacturing, a contract assembler based here, has closed, and the factory equipment will be sold at auction.

According to the company website, it was founded as Contract Manufacturing Services in May 1997. In 2000, founder Kit Paradis changed the name to Paradise Manufacturing Inc. (PMI).

The EMS company operated in a 12,000 sq. ft. factory in Reno.