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The 1,500 sq. meter facility will be the company's base in China, providing local-language technical support from the Cookson's three electronics companies (the Assembly Materials Group, Enthone and Polyclad) to fabricators and assemblers of PCBs, and assemblers of semiconductor packaging.
Long a center of R&D for the company's line of solder products, the facility is now also home to several other complementary Henkel businesses, including automotive electronics, industrial and automotive adhesives and sealants.
The addition includes several new laboratories: an applications lab for adhesives and sealants, a metal pre-treatment and coatings lab, analytical laboratories, an equipment assembly area long enough for a complete automotive vehicle and a long-term corrosion testing area.
HERNDON, VA—The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) has released two documents to help manufacturers reduce the risk of tin whiskers in lead-free products.
The first is JEDEC standard JESD22A121, "Test Method for Measuring Whisker Growth on Tin and Tin Alloy Surface Finishes," and the second is the updated "Recommendations on Lead-Free Finishes for Components Used in High-Reliability Products," from the iNEMI Tin Whisker User Group.
The JEDEC standard provides: an industry-standard method of measuring and comparing whisker propensity for different plating or finish chemistries and processes; a consistent inspection protocol for tin whisker examination; and a standard reporting format.
MANSFIELD, TX - FCI Electronics, a supplier of high-speed connectors, named Mouser Electronics as a global distributor.
FCI makes connectors, mod jacks, sockets, and other components for BGAs, backplanes and other electronics assemblies.
Mouser Electronics, a privately-held company and subsidiary of TTI, has a base of over 100,000 business customer and focuses on design and prototyping.
The company took $31.9 million in restructuring charges during the quarter.
The results were in line with Jan. 27 revenue guidance of $2 billion to $2.23 billion.
Net income dropped to $600,000, versus $3.3 million a year ago, on cost overruns and new program launches.
The results met company expectations.
In a press statement, Jeffrey T. Gill, president and chief executive, said, "Revenue continued to climb while the costs associated with the increase in manufacturing capacity, launch of new programs and disruption of material deliveries began to abate from the levels experienced during the fourth quarter. We expect these cost overruns to continue during the second quarter at a declining rate as the new manufacturing cells are completed and new programs enter full production, after which we expect margins to gradually return to historical levels."
For the quarter, backlogs rose 22% to a record $261.7 million. it was the ninth consecutive quarter of
year-on-year growth in bookings.
Sales of electronics declined to $35.6 million, compared to $40.9 million for the prior year and were down 23% sequentially from the fourth quarter. The compay said the drop was normal and cited seasonality in government's procurement cycles. Gross profit for the quarter was $5 million, down from $7.9 million, due to continued decline in shipments for data systems products.
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