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MILTON, NY – Sono-Tek Corp. (sono-tek.com) named to its representatives network SRS and Associates (stonesrs.com) for TN, MS, AL and GA; Murray A. Percival Co. (murraypercival.com) for MI, IN, OH and KY; Technical Marketing Co. (technicalmarketingcompany.com) for MT, WY, UT and CO; Restronics (restronics.com/florida.html) for FL; and Cope Assembly Products for VA, WV, NC and SC. Bennett Bruntil will head the newly restructured organization.
The reps will handle Sono-Tek's solder recovery line of products. There are no announced changes to the company's spray fluxing products reps.
MIAMI – Avnet has completed its purchase of Source Electronics Corp., a provider of outsourced custom IC programming services.
Avnet acquired the company from H.I.G. Capital, a private equity firm.
Source has plants in Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore and the US, where it provides programming services to OEMs and EMS companies.
HERNDON, VA – A host of major OEM and EMS companies, under the auspices of iNEMI, has outlined a set of recommendations for managing Pb-free alloy alternatives.
The consortium members recommend the following to help manage the use of multiple solder alloys:
INEMI’s recommendations are available at
http://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/projects/ba/Pb-Free_Alloys/Alloy_recs.pdf.
The consortium members recommend the following to help manage the use of multiple solder alloys:
- Drive convergence of Pb-free alloys.
- Develop an industry-standard assessment methodology.
- Establish performance guidelines.
- Update standards.
- Identify and differentiate alloys.
INEMI’s recommendations are available at
http://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/projects/ba/Pb-Free_Alloys/Alloy_recs.pdf.
SAN JOSE – X-line Asset Management will auction an SMT facility in Garden Grove, CA, on July 22. The auction will close July 23.
Equipment lines on display include machines from Siemens, DEK, Vitronics, Omron, Nutek, Quad, Heller, Nicolet and others.
Equipment lines on display include machines from Siemens, DEK, Vitronics, Omron, Nutek, Quad, Heller, Nicolet and others.
For more information, visit www.xlineassets.com.
TAIPEI – Foxconn Electronics, the world’s largest ODM/EMS company, expects revenue growth to gain steam this month, the company said.
YOUNGSVILLE, NC — Eaton Corp. will open a manufacturing facility here, on the site of a former Flextronics facility, the company said today.
Eaton, which makes electrical systems for power management, is taking over a 125,000 sq. ft. building in a move that will create some 100 jobs.
Flextronics shuttered the site earlier this year after completing its purchase of Solectron, and laid off 480 workers.
Eaton, which makes electrical systems for power management, is taking over a 125,000 sq. ft. building in a move that will create some 100 jobs.
Flextronics shuttered the site earlier this year after completing its purchase of Solectron, and laid off 480 workers.
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