SAN JOSE, CA -- Venture Outsource Group is presenting a live Webcast on electronics outsourcing contracts. The event, Electronics Outsourcing Contracts – Development & Negotiations, will take place Oct. 4 at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
The Webcast will be led by VOG president Mark Zetter. Registration and program information can be found at ventureoutsource.com/docs/webinar/contracts.html.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies and Agilent Technologies have found that positional
accuracy of a paste deposit relative to the pad is the critical
element in ensuring good fine-pitch, lead-free assemblies, and is even
more critical for some formulations than others.
A report
on the three-month investigation to understand and
quantify variables in a lead-free manufacturing process will be presented at SMTA International in Chicago in
September.
HERNDON, VA — Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA), chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce,
will deliver the opening remarks at iNEMI's Leadership Forum next month. The
forum is intended to launch a coordinated initiative that will
stimulate innovation and manufacturing research in electronics.
PHOENIX -- Finetech GmbH and Co. KG, a German manufacturer of rework and bonding equipment, will host two Lead-Free Rework workshops in China. The first workshop is scheduled for Sept. 16 in Shanghai, and the second will take place Sept. 19 in Beijing.
Both workshops will follow the same schedule, and include presentations by Olaf Schiema, Dominik Horn and Daniel Schultze on requirements for a repair station, the lead-free evaluation kit, lead-free soldering connections, rework of small passives and automatic repair systems.
User reports and discussion time will be available.
To register for the Shanghai workshop, email Allen Zeng: allan.z@shanghai-atlantic.com. To register for the Beijing workshop, email James Wang: jameswang@micropowergroup.com.
Fullerton, CA -- Veris Manufacturing has acquired CYR Industrial in Rosarito, Mexico. The 60,000 sq. ft. facility is near the company headquarters, where development and engineering services are based.
Designed to support both low- and high-volume manufacturing, the Rosarito facility’s capabilities include: Panasonic surface-mount Lines; JukiFlex lines; a Universal Radial and Axial insertionlLine; five, seven and 12 zone ovens; Gen-Rad in-circuit testers; Air-Vac BGA rework; and CR Technology AOI machines.