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BEAVERTON, ORA-Laser, a provider of laser-cutting services, has expanded its hours of operations to meet demands of just-in-time manufacturers.
 
The firm is now running three shifts to enable 24-hr. capacity.
 
Increased demand has resulted from shrinking profiles and strict tolerance requirements of most electronics and medical components, A-Laser says.
 
A-Laser is a division of FCT Assembly.
 
EL PASO, TX – Krayden Inc., a distributor of engineered polymer solution materials, will offer Pb-free solders and free board protection seminars with Dow Corning at Mexitronica.
 
Mexitronica will be held in Guadalajara Oct. 21-23.

Krayden’s seminars also can be done at customers’ facilities.
TIANJIN, CHINA – Bohai Electronics Week 2008 will open its doors Nov. 10 - 12 at the Tianjin International Exhibition Center.
 
Some 5000 attendees are expected to visit more than 100 vendors from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and North America. Companies exhibiting include A&P, Autoveyor, Ellsworth, Evest, Mirae, MIRTEC, Musashi, Nihon Superior, Panasonic, Shimadzu, Toshiba, Tronic and more.
 
The trade show features products and services from components and assembly technology to quality control and subcontracting services and is sponsored by Reed Exhibitions China.
 
The event will include a live demonstration of a full SMT line, and SMTA China North Conference 2008 will be held in conjunction with BEW. Key topics will include 01005 assembly, 3-D SiP, challenges of PCB fabrication and surface finishes, flex circuit assembly, and manufacturing engineering.
 
For more information, visit www.nepconchina.com.
 
 
SAN JOSEFreescale Semiconductors director of packaging technology Glenn Daves will keynote an upcoming MEPTEC symposium on packaging.
 
The symposium, Packaging Developments and Innovations: From System Design to Integrated Delivery, takes place Nov. 13 in San Jose.
 
In his presentation, Aligning of Packaging Development with the Market, Daves will discuss how the interplay of competing requirements and constrained schedules often makes market alignment a complex undertaking, and show examples of market requirements and the packages and technologies that resulted from the alignment process.
 
A second keynote, by Mike Crawley, will cover how to play a role in significant technological advances.
 
Other presentations include advanced packages and processes; packaging to board assembly trends; microelectronics substrate fabrication and assembly innovations, and design tools and co-design solutions.
 
To register, visit www.meptec.org.
 
 
SMYRNA, GA – Registration for Virtual PCB is now open. Virtual PCB, sponsored by UP Media Group, is the industry's first virtual tradeshow for the PCB design, fabrication and assembly industry.
 
The online event will take place Nov. 12 – 13.
 
The free, two-day show can be accessed from anywhere in the world via a computer.
 
Virtual PCB provides on-demand educational presentations; private communications with exhibitors and other attendees; worldwide access to exhibitor booths and sessions; downloadable literature and product brochures; white papers; live, scheduled group chats with industry experts; live group chats with peers, and auditorium content. 
 
For more information, visit www.virtual-pcb.com. To register, visit http://vshow.on24.com/clients/vshow/upmedia/register.htm.
 
ITASCA, IL – ITW lowered its third quarter and full-year forecasts following a slowdown in North America as industrial production and end-market fundamentals weakened and margins tightened last month, the company said.

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