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Stevensville, MD -- JTAG Technologies, a provider of boundary-scan tools, will deliver a series of boundary-scan seminars to help electronic systems developers and manufacturers increase the quality and reliability of their PCBs. The free, half-day seminars will be hosted across the U.S. and Canada starting in April 2006.
The “Leveraging Boundary-Scan, Achieving Quality”seminars will focus on:
• The latest developments in manufacturing test strategies with guidelines that show how boundary-scan applications provide access to hard-to-reach, on-board circuitry.
• Fundamentals of the JTAG IEEE 1149.1 standard and how it is used to perform board-level testing and in-system programming.
• Design-for-test techniques.
• Demonstrations of boundary-scan in practice.
For seminar times and locations, or to register visit: jtag.com.
SAN JOSE — Nexlogic Technologies has relocated its PCB design, assembly, fabrication and procurement to a 30,000 sq. ft. facility in San Jose, the company said.
The new space is nearly three times larger than Nexlogic's former facilities.
Nexlogic also added an SMT line, its third overall. The new line has a dedicated Pb-free wave soldering bath, AOI and enhanced BGA x-ray capabilities.
The new space is nearly three times larger than Nexlogic's former facilities.
Nexlogic also added an SMT line, its third overall. The new line has a dedicated Pb-free wave soldering bath, AOI and enhanced BGA x-ray capabilities.
MURRAY HILL, NJ -- The on-again, off-again merger talks between Lucent Technologies and Alcatel are on again.
The two telecom companies disclosed last night that discussions are underway, but said there would be no further comment until a deal is complete or talks are called off.
TAMPA -- Electronics manufacturing services company Reptron Electronics
today reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $4,000, down from $1.1 million last year, on sales of $36.6 million, up 1.5%
from a year ago and 12.3% sequentially.
For the year ended Dec. 31, sales fell 2.2% to $138.5 million. The results include 11 months of results following the company's reorganization and one
month pre-reorganization.
JACKSON, MI -- Electronics manufacturing services provider Sparton Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Astro Instrumentation, a maker of medical test equipment. Strongsville, OH-based Astro is privately owned and had 2005 sales of $33.6 million. The deal is expected to close by June 30 and is subject to due diligence. No financial terms were announced.
Astro designs and manufactures a variety of specialized medical products, including laboratory test equipment. The company operates a 40,000 sq. ft. facility in Ohio.
Astro designs and manufactures a variety of specialized medical products, including laboratory test equipment. The company operates a 40,000 sq. ft. facility in Ohio.
Sparton will run the business as a wholly-owned subsidiary at its present location and retain current management and staff. The acquisition is subject to the completion of a due diligence review and execution of a definitive purchase agreement.
SAN JOSE -- Solectron Corp. reported a second-quarter profit of $30.4 million, reversing a loss of $2.2
million last year. Revenue fell 10.8% to $2.46 billion from $2.76 billion a year ago, just beating analyst estimates and at the high end of the company's forecast.
For the quarter, the gross profit was $29.7 million, excluding charges and one-time items.
For the quarter, the gross profit was $29.7 million, excluding charges and one-time items.
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