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BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC is requesting abstracts for the 2011 Apex/Expo technical conference in Las Vegas.

Presentations are sought on relevant design, PCB fabrication and electronics manufacturing topics. Submissions dealing with reliability, head-on-pillow and Pb-free repair and rework, as well as new research in growing areas such as photovoltaics and printed electronics, are especially encouraged for the Apr. 12–15 event.

Three-hundred-word abstracts summarizing original and previously unpublished work covering case histories, research and discoveries are due July 16.

Submissions should describe significant results from experiments, emphasize new techniques, discuss trends of interest, and contain a summary of the technical and/or appropriate test results in the final paper.

In addition, proposals are solicited for full-day and half-day professional development courses on design, printed board and electronics manufacturing processes and materials.

Awards will be presented for Best US Paper for US authors and Best International Paper for authors outside the US.

To submit an abstract or proposal, visit www.ipcapexexpo.org/cfp.

For more information, contact Greg Munie at GregMunie@ipc.org or Toya Richardson at ToyaRichardson@ipc.org.

For course proposal information, contact Anne Marie Mulvihill at AnneMarieMulvihill@ipc.org.

PORTLAND, ME – iNEMI is holding mid-year 2011 roadmap workshops in North America, Asia and Europe to provide an advanced look at the roadmap and to receive feedback.

The first workshop will be held June 1 at Bally’s Hotel in Las Vegas. This workshop will discuss all of the Technology Working Group chapters. For more information, visit www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_NA_Workshop.html.

The second workshop will be held June 8 in Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Visit www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_Asia_Workshop.html for more information.

Finally, a workshop will be held June 16 in Leuven, Belgium at Imec headquarters. See www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_Euro_Workshop.html or more information.

LAS VEGAS -- The National Electronics Distributors Association and Electronic Components Association have announced an agreement to merge.

ARLINGTON, VA -- Electronic component orders kept rising in April as demand increased in almost every end-product segment, from automotive to cellphones to computers, according to the monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components Association.

INDIANAPOLIS – After 37 years, Diversified Systems Inc., an EMS company based here, has shut down, company sources say.

CORK, IRELAND -- An Irish research lab is teaming with a major materials maker to develop a material that is reportedly simultaneously semiconducting and transparent.

WASHINGTON -- While the US Department of Defense is acutely aware of the risks of substandard parts breaching its supply chains, the department is limited in its ability to determine the extent to which counterfeit parts are present because it lacks a department-wide definition of the term "counterfeit" and a consistent means to identify instances of suspect parts.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems has acquired all the intellectual property and assets of Trivirix Corp., a maker of diagnostic medical devices.

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – In the first quarter of 2010, Henkel generated sales of 3.5 billion euros, up 7.8% year-over-year.

Net income was 266 million euros, up 119.8% year-over-year. Operating profit increased 93.3% to 422 million euros compared to last year.

Adjusted operating profit improved 79.1%. The company took restructuring charges of 31 million euros and recorded one-time gains of 32 million euros.

The firm’s Adhesive Technologies unit reported sales of 1.7 billion euros, up 12.4% year-over-year. The sector posted double-digit organic growth of 14.5%. This is attributed to substantial volume increases.

“Now we are looking forward to a noticeable improvement in our results of more than 15% for the full fiscal year versus 2009,” said Kasper Rorsted, chairman of the Henkel management board.

US$1 = 0.7871 euro

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Top 40 EMS firm Kitron reported first-quarter revenue fell 25.4% to NOK 411.1 million. Lower demand for defense (down 25.5%) and marine (81.5%) products were partially offset by higher demand for data/telecom, industrial (up 8%) and medical (up 21.9%).

JASPER, IN – Kimball International today reported net sales of $282.3 million and net income of $6.3 million for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31.
Sales for the quarter were up 5% year-over-year, while net earnings were up 54%.

SHENZHEN – First-quarter DRAM revenue grew 6.9% sequentially to $9.3 billion, and higher demand is fueling shortage fears, says DRAMeXchange.

Market leader Samsung recorded $3 billion in revenue, up 9.1% sequentially. Samsung’s share slightly increased 0.6% to 32.3%. Hynix’s DRAM sales rose 6.8% to nearly $2 billion, followed by Elpida at $1.6 billion, down 3.7% sequentially.

Benefitting from price and a 17% sequential shipment enhancement, Micron recorded $1.3 billion in revenue, up 24% compared to the fourth quarter.

PSC’s revenue grew 8.3% to $442 million. PSC surpassed Nanya for the No.5 spot. Nanya recorded $425 million in revenue, down 14.4% sequentially.

Winbond announced first-quarter DRAM revenue of $174 million, up 4.8% sequentially, while ProMOS’s revenue grew 37.4%.

Korean vendors’ share increase 0.8% to 54.6%. Japanese vendors’ share declined 1.9% to 17.7%, and American vendors’ share increased 2% to 14.3%, given better-than-average sales growth. Taiwanese vendors’ share was down 0.9% to 13.4% as a result of Nanya’s revenue decline.