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NEENAH, WI -- Plexus Corp. announced record revenues of $313.7 million for its third fiscal quarter ended July 2, up 14.2% over last year. The EMS provider's pro-forma net income was $7 million; its net loss of $21.5 million included previously announced restructuring costs of $27.6 million.
The document is said to provide a set of critical guidelines for capabilities definitions, as well as evaluation, implementation and operation use of AOI.
WILLOW GROVE, PA -- Kulicke & Soffa Industries and Microbonds Inc. (a private Canadian corporation) will align the technological roadmaps of Microbonds' new insulated gold wire bonding products and processes -- called X-Wire Technology -- with the Maxum series wire bonders from K&S.
X-Wire technology addresses interconnect challenges arising from the increasingly complex single and stacked die packaging designs of ICs.
Christian Rheault, K&S VP of ball bonders, said, "The potential to shrink package size, increase performance, reduce costs and enhance reliability using Microbonds' X-Wire Technology within the established wire bonding assembly environment is a very intriguing development that we are delighted to support for the benefit of our customers and the industry."
According to a press release, preliminary testing at K&S' R&D facilities using the insulated bond wire with the wire bonders have produced successful results with some yield improvements.
Craig Geier, president and CEO of Microbonds, said, "As traditional packaging technologies have inherent limitations, our customers are seeking new solutions to address their interconnect challenges. The integration of our X-Wire Technology with the leading advanced K&S platform of wire bonding technologies will provide customers new flexibility in the development of high performance-to-cost packaged ICs."
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada -- C-MAC MicroTechnology’s North American hybrid circuit manufacturing facility, C-MAC Microcircuits, ULC, has achieved ISO 13485 Certification for medical devices.
ISO 13485 is a medical device quality systems standard that supplements ISO 9001. Some of the additional requirements relate to design controls, process controls (including environmental controls), special processes, traceability, record retention and regulatory actions, which are more critical for the medical device industry.
"C-MAC activity in the medical market clearly required the ISO 13485 certification. The certification of a quality management system specifically for medical devices proves advantageous, and in many cases essential, for C-MAC to continue to grow our business in the global market," said John Tran, North America sales manager, C-MAC MicroSystems Solutions Division.
C-MAC Microcircuits produces a wide range of functional modules for use in the telecommunication, industrial, medical, military and automotive systems. The technology encompasses multiplayer thick-film interconnect substrates, surface-mount hybrid circuits along with direct-attach flip-chip and chip & wire assemblies.
SAN JOSE -- Flextronics, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, last night reported first-quarter net sales of $3.9 billion, up $17 million over last year.
For the quarter ended June 30, Flextronics' pro-forma net income rose 27% to $99.6 million. GAAP net income slid $15.6 million to $58.7 million year-over-year.
SAN JOSE -- Revenues of EMS provider Sanmina-SCI fell 8% to $2.83 billion and the company was hit with a quarterly loss of $202,000 due to restructuring charges taken in its fiscal third quarter.
Sanmina-SCI recorded a profit of $11.4 million last year. For the June quarter, the pro-forma profit was $24.4 million, down from $34.4 million a year ago.
