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SEOUL – Samsung Electronics’ second-quarter net profit fell 5% year-over-year, says its quarterly report. And profits were down 11% from the first quarter, driven in part by DRAM price decline.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies will present a Webcast on reduction/elimination of two common SMT defects: tombstoning and mid-chip solder balls. The one-hour presentation takes place Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. EDT.
The Webinar will review some of the studies and experiments conducted to determine and eliminate the causes of tombstoning. Specific areas of analysis will include solderability, paste volume, placement issues, and pad surface area/design criteria.
Topics to be reviewed in discussing mid-chip solder ball elimination will include stencil design, board design, reflow profile development, component placement accuracy, and solder paste printing.
To register, visit www.speedlinetech.com/seminars.
The Webinar will review some of the studies and experiments conducted to determine and eliminate the causes of tombstoning. Specific areas of analysis will include solderability, paste volume, placement issues, and pad surface area/design criteria.
Topics to be reviewed in discussing mid-chip solder ball elimination will include stencil design, board design, reflow profile development, component placement accuracy, and solder paste printing.
To register, visit www.speedlinetech.com/seminars.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The 2007 Charles Hutchins Grant Award, cosponsored by Circuits Assembly and SMTA, has been given to Gayatri Cuddalorepatta for her project, Cyclic Plasticity vs. Cyclic Creep Fatigue of SnAgCu (SAC) Solder: A Micromechanics Approach.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – IC Insights believes Asia-Pacific will continue to gain marketshare and represent almost one-third (32%) of worldwide IC sales in 2011.
Asia-Pacific companies have grown from holding only 2% of the IC market in 1985 to 26% in 2006, says IC Insights. The Asia-Pacific supplier segment is primarily composed of Taiwanese, South Korean, and Chinese companies.
After reaching a high of 51% in 1988, Japanese IC suppliers have displayed a steady decline in marketshare; in 2006, the Japan-headquartered companies' share dropped to only 17% of the IC market. IC Insights believes Japanese companies will continue to lose IC marketshare during the next five years, to a 14% share in 2011.
In 2006, IC companies headquartered in the Americas region held almost half of the worldwide IC sales marketshare, says the firm.
Since 1982, European companies have always held 8-10% of the worldwide IC market. IC Insights believes European companies will stay in this range through 2011.
NANJING, CHINA — Kimball Electronics Group has begun production at its 132,400 sq. ft. facility in Nanjing, the company said today.
SARASOTA, FL — Inovaxe Corp. announced free inventory management software with each Inocart purchase effective Aug. 1.
The software provides inventory-tracking benefits, in addition to part number and quantity.
Component Add allows users to scan a bin, a component part number, inventory quantity, and to identify package status, RoHS-compliance status or vendor consignment status. It also features print label functionality.
Inventory View allows users to display all bins in the location on a single page display, while Component Remove scans a bin and presents the quantity available, allowing users to type the quantity they would like to remove.
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