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KENOSHA, WI — Promation, a company
specializing in PCB handling equipment, selective robotic soldering,
laser mark and technical workstations, has secured a sales relationship
with Kintner Equipment Corp. (Endicott, NY) to serve customers in upstate New York and western Pennsylvania.
Gary Goldberg, president of Promation, said, “Kintner Equipment is a premiere capital equipment sales organization with many years of experience in both SMT and back-end manufacturing operations. Promation is delighted to have secured this business relationship.”
Gary Goldberg, president of Promation, said, “Kintner Equipment is a premiere capital equipment sales organization with many years of experience in both SMT and back-end manufacturing operations. Promation is delighted to have secured this business relationship.”
SAN JOSE -- Research firm Semico yesterday forecasted
semiconductors would see an 18% jump in revenues next year, pushing out
the start of the next downcycle to the second half of 2008.
The firm also called for stronger second half sales this year, due to traditional and emerging markets.
The firm also called for stronger second half sales this year, due to traditional and emerging markets.
MIDLAND, MI -- Dow Corning's Photonics Solutions business development program will be merged into its Electronics business and the company will increase sales, marketing, and product development activities to support creation of "light-management" applications for a vast range of markets, including automotive, displays, and telecommunications.
The new Light Management group will focus on helping customers develop and commercialize applications that rely on the emission, transmission, amplification, detection, modulation, and switching of light.
BRUSSELS -- Technical experts from EU member states
this week reviewed a draft environment
assessment of the brominated flame retardant TBBPA.
The assessment is being carried out by the UK on behalf of the EU under the EU Existing Substances Regulation.
The assessment is being carried out by the UK on behalf of the EU under the EU Existing Substances Regulation.
EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Market revenue for wireline VOIP
equipment is expected to more than triple between 2004 and 2010 due to
an explosion in the number of residential VoIP users during the next
few years.
That's according to research firm iSuppli Corp., which forecasts the number of residential VoIP subscribers worldwide to
rise to 197.2 million in 2010, from 4.8 million in
2004.
Worldwide VoIP equipment revenue will reach $24.5 billion in 2010,
up more than 300% from $8.04 billion last year. This year, VoIP
equipment revenue is expected to be $12.9
billion.
Japan and U.S./Canada account for 83% of the total residential wireline VoIP subscribers.
SANTA CLARA, CA -- Intel Corp. today announced plans to
invest $345 million in capacity expansions at two of the company's
wafer manufacturing sites in Colorado and Massachusetts. The investment
will create several hundred jobs, the chipmaker said.
BANGALORE, INDIA -- Elcoteq Network Corp. became the second major EMS firm this week to announce plans for assembly
operations in India, saying that it would invest $50 million to $100 million for a high-volume telecom site here.
NEW YORK -- In response
to higher energy prices,
Dow Chemical Co.
said Thursday it would seek price
increases across its entire portfolio of chemical and plastic products.
In a statement, the chemical maker cited high oil and natural gas prices, saying they pose a severe threat to the long-term health of the chemical industry in the U.S.
In a statement, the chemical maker cited high oil and natural gas prices, saying they pose a severe threat to the long-term health of the chemical industry in the U.S.
Rochester, NY – EMA Design Automation, a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, has added PTC InterComm to its design tools. The suite of electronic design communication and collaboration products reportedly enable product design teams to hold accurate, in-depth design reviews while streamlining the process. The tools are helpful with distributed design teams or companies with heterogeneous design environments.
“InterComm is an integral part of the design methodology we use to solve the RoHS problem,” said Manny Marcano, president of EMA Design Automation. “We enable the entire product team to review designs for compliance, rather than just the CAD tool users.”
InterComm uses the Internet to address the problem of sharing complex design data. Anyone can view EDA designs created in different environments, including schematic, PCB and BOM data. This eliminates the need to learn CAD software or create other forms of output. Viewers can query intelligent design data and add comments or red-line changes that can be sent back to the user electronically. Only the EDA user can change the actual design files.
“InterComm is an integral part of the design methodology we use to solve the RoHS problem,” said Manny Marcano, president of EMA Design Automation. “We enable the entire product team to review designs for compliance, rather than just the CAD tool users.”
InterComm uses the Internet to address the problem of sharing complex design data. Anyone can view EDA designs created in different environments, including schematic, PCB and BOM data. This eliminates the need to learn CAD software or create other forms of output. Viewers can query intelligent design data and add comments or red-line changes that can be sent back to the user electronically. Only the EDA user can change the actual design files.
The visibility is helpful for compliance review of existing designs. Adding RoHS compliance data to the design allows operations or manufacturing to check for non-compliant components. Likewise, changes made in manufacturing for compliance reasons can be quickly reviewed by the design team.
Minneapolis, MN -- The SMTA will be hosting a Job Center during SMTA International, in conjunction with ATExpo on Sept. 27 - 29, in Rosemont, IL. The Job Center is asking local and national companies to submit job openings in the electronics manufacturing and supply industry.
The SMTA will provide booth space and a list of jobs available. Potential employees will be matched to the jobs available and will be given job descriptions and company contact information.
SMTAI and ATExpo attendee job functions include:
* Administration
* Circuit/Systems Packaging Design, Circuit Design
* Engineering Management
* Engineering Support (Field Engineering, Technicians)
* Production, Manufacturing, Process Engineering
* Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Production Testing
* Research & Development
* Sales and Marketing
Send any job openings to Sis Sullivan (sis@smta.org) by September 16.
Include your company name, job title and short description, job function (see above), number of openings, company contact info and preferred method of contact.
The SMTA will provide booth space and a list of jobs available. Potential employees will be matched to the jobs available and will be given job descriptions and company contact information.
SMTAI and ATExpo attendee job functions include:
* Administration
* Circuit/Systems Packaging Design, Circuit Design
* Engineering Management
* Engineering Support (Field Engineering, Technicians)
* Production, Manufacturing, Process Engineering
* Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Production Testing
* Research & Development
* Sales and Marketing
Send any job openings to Sis Sullivan (sis@smta.org) by September 16.
Include your company name, job title and short description, job function (see above), number of openings, company contact info and preferred method of contact.
TOKYO – Flextronics will
spend up to $500 million over the next 10 to 15 years to build its manufacturing
infrastructure in India.
Flextronics’ president for Asia Pacific Peter Tan commented on expansion in Southeast Asia and China’s wage inflation during remarks at the Reuters Technology and Telecoms Summit in Tokyo.
Willow Grove, PA – The Kulicke & Soffa facility in Suzhou, China, has expanded its manufacturing capabilities to produce dicing hub blades and test sockets, in addition to its existing capillary and cantilever probe card product lines. The facility has invested nearly $8 million in equipment and dedicated over 20,000 sq. ft. in its existing plant to the new product lines.
This will now be the company’s largest test socket manufacturing site, hosting over 1,000 employees.
This will now be the company’s largest test socket manufacturing site, hosting over 1,000 employees.
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- ROCKA Solutions Continues Expansion in Brazil with New Location in Manaus