ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc. reported fiscal fourth quarter net sales fell 16.8% year-over-year to $64.8 million.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American PWB shipments in July dropped 25.3% year-over-year, and orders decreased 23.1% compared to last year.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – Heraeus has acquired the microbond business division electronic packaging materials from Umicore AG & Co.
Heraeus has made an addition to its portfolio in the area of soft solder and flux material manufacture for use in the semiconductor industry.
Heraeus will gain 36 additional employees at its sites in Hanau, Germany and Singapore.
No financial terms were disclosed.
TORONTO – Maak Corp., a small EMS company based here, is auctioning off its equipment and assets.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - Heraeus Materials Technology and Air-Vac Engineering have joined forces to develop solder paste for area array rework.
Development is currently underway at Heraeus’ Pennsylvania R&D center using Air-Vac’s ONYX-29 rework system.
The firms plan to optimize current dippable paste formulations specifically for the rework process. The new product is scheduled for beta testing later this year.
Air-Vac provides electronics rework equipment and processes.
Heraeus provides dippable solder pastes optimized for rework of BGAs and other area array devices.
LONG BEACH, CA – A shipment from China of close to 13,000 counterfeit routers and Ethernet switches was seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex Friday.
Agents confiscated 5,475 wireless routers and 7,472 Ethernet switches, according to published reports, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The products had logos indistinguishable from those made by Apple and Microsoft, the reports said.
Officials estimated the value of the shipment at more than $650,000, with a retail price topping $850,000.
No arrests have been made.