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Clinton, NY – Two Indium Corp. engineers have received the Surface Mount Technology Association’s designation as Certified Process Engineers. Mario Scalzo and Chris Anglin join nine other SMTA-certified engineers at the company.
Scalzo has been with Indium for six years and is a technical support engineer for the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Anglin joined the company in 2004 and serves the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
The other certified employees include: Ronald C. Lasky, PhD, PE, Tim Jensen, Dave Sbiroli, Karl Pfluke, Karthik Vijayamadhavan and Eric Bastow in the U.S.; Ivan Castellanos in Mexico; Adrian Low in Singapore; and Sehar Samiappan in Malaysia.
SMTA certification recognizes and certifies the entire SMT assembly process at an engineering level. Participants must have several years of SMT experience in addition to completing educational requirements in a technical discipline. The course includes a series of workshops and concludes with two days of competitive testing.
Scalzo has been with Indium for six years and is a technical support engineer for the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Anglin joined the company in 2004 and serves the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
The other certified employees include: Ronald C. Lasky, PhD, PE, Tim Jensen, Dave Sbiroli, Karl Pfluke, Karthik Vijayamadhavan and Eric Bastow in the U.S.; Ivan Castellanos in Mexico; Adrian Low in Singapore; and Sehar Samiappan in Malaysia.
SMTA certification recognizes and certifies the entire SMT assembly process at an engineering level. Participants must have several years of SMT experience in addition to completing educational requirements in a technical discipline. The course includes a series of workshops and concludes with two days of competitive testing.
SAN JOSE – North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.65 billion in orders in May on a three-month average basis and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.12 according to the latest data from SEMI.
A book-to-bill of 1.12 means that $112 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
A book-to-bill of 1.12 means that $112 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
CUPERTINO, CA -- Apple Computer has launched an audit of the plant that builds its iPods in response to published reports of the factory's poor working conditions.
The plant is located in Longhua, China and is owned by Foxconn, the world's largest EMS company.
Circuits Assembly reported on the problems last week.
The plant is located in Longhua, China and is owned by Foxconn, the world's largest EMS company.
Circuits Assembly reported on the problems last week.
Carpinteria, CA - NuSil Technology, a manufacturer of silicone-based materials, has opened its first technical support office in Asia.
The office, located in Penang, Malaysia, will specialize in optoelectronics and electronic packaging, served by the company’ s Lightspan products and its low-outgassing electronic packaging materials respectively.
T.Y. Lim is the application engineer heading the office.
According to a press release, the company has noticed recent growth in the Asian optoelectronics industry.
COPENHAGEN -- Lego, the maker of the ubiquitous
building blocks and other toys, will outsource most of its production to
Flextronics over the next three years, with the EMS
provider taking over some Lego plants. Other production will be moved to Flextronics’
plants in Eastern Europe and Mexico.
No financial terms were immediately disclosed.
The move breaks new ground for Flextronics. "It's not electronics, it's plastic molding," said Alexander Blanton, an analyst at Ingalls & Synder told TheStreet.com. "This is the first major piece of business that I have seen of that nature."
FRANKFURT -- Consolidation continued in the telecom space as Nokia and Siemens announced the combining of heir mobile-network operations to create a 50:50 joint venture with annual revenue of about $20 billion.
The new entity will be called Nokia Siemens Networks and is expected to be finalized by year-end, pending regulatory approval.
The new entity will be called Nokia Siemens Networks and is expected to be finalized by year-end, pending regulatory approval.
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