LYON, FRANCE -- Wafer-level-package use will exceed 10 billion units per year by 2012, a compound annual growth rate of more than 20% over the next five years.

SMYRNA, GA – Registration is now open for PCB Atlanta, the industry’s leading regional PCB show in the Southeastern US.

PCB Atlanta will be held Oct. 22 at the Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta, in Alpharetta, GA.

The conference includes a two-track technical program featuring speakers from Plexus, Circuit Connect, Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Clover Electronics, Intercept Technology and others.

Topics include circuit board design to fabrication to assembly, and cover such subjects as counterfeit components, design reuse, cleaning flux residues under the z-axis, and vertical integration strategies.

PCB Atlanta exhibits will be open from 11 am - 6 pm. Free technical sessions will be held beginning at 9 am.

For more information, visit www.pcbshows.com/atlanta. 

HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut has proposed state regulations on e-waste recycling that would require manufacturers to fund the pickup and recycling of goods. Electronics manufacturers are unethusiastic, however, and reportedly would favor a federal solution.
 
According to published reports, the bill calls for electronics manufacturers to pay the costs of recycling their products, while the state would select the haulers.

Manufacturers would be financially responsible only for the transport and recycling of computers, monitors, TVs and printers, and only materials from residences.
 
The clause excluding manufacturers from controlling the volume and flow of material, as well as the state’s selection of haulers, has prompted the Consumer Electronics Association to voice concerns about the possibility of excessive fees.
 
Similar legislation is already in effect in six states, including California and Maine.

ELKHART, IN -- Thales has signed a three-to-five year, $5 million deal with CTS Corp.'s electronics manufacturing solutions business to design and manufacture assemblies.