LEXINGTON, KY – EMS provider SMC today announced plans to add 18,000 sq. ft. to their current 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Lexington. The added capacity will include 16,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and 2,000 sq. ft. of office space. In 2005, SMC completed an expansion of 18,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space at the same location.
ATLANTA - Technology Forecasters Inc. and Circuits Assembly will sponsor a Webinar, Emerging Markets for Electronic Manufacturers: A Closer Look at India and Vietnam, on April 12.
PORTLAND, OR – Intel Corp. invites suppliers to participate in a technology interchange in which the semiconductor company will share its vision and reveal its requirements for the supply chain. The event – Where Are We Going? Where Do We Need to Be? – will be held May 23 at the Holiday Inn Portland Airport.
Intel general manager of systems manufacturing technology development Martin Rausch will keynote the event, speaking on The Inevitable Transition to HDI.
Other topics to be discussed include underlying issues that must be overcome as the industry makes advances in package scaling and associated board density, and what needs to happen to create pull for HDI PCBs from the OEM and ODM communities.
Nine industry suppliers will outline the supply chain's abilities and present gap analyses in the areas of lamination, cost-effective microvias, metallization/etching, embedded passives, board-level underfill solutions, component size and spacing reductions, assembly equipment, rework and alternative alloys.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Delta Group Electronics has purchased the assets of Sanford, FL-based electronics manufacturing services supplier Singletec Inc. No financial terms were disclosed.
SURREY, UK – Semiconductor growth will slow
to 1% for the year, consulting firm BPA Consulting predicted today. The firm said the beginning
of 2008 will mark the start of the next upswing, which will continue into early
2009.