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"AIT's QFN package enables us to leverage power, footprint and performance that renders improved reliability while catering to the fast growing consumer electronics market," said Arnold Virrey, packaging manager at Flextronics.
AIT will also provide turnkey assembly, final test and tape and reel services for Flextronics.
The QFN package is said to provide superior thermal performance to leaded packages because of its exposed leadframe pad, which provides a direct path for removing heat from the package. QFN packages do not have gullwing leads which can act as antennae and create "noise" in high frequency applications.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies has announced a free Web seminar on fine-pitch printing, to be held July 21, at 11 a.m. (EST).
Topics will include:
• Squeegee selection;
• Solder paste evaluation ;
• Lead-free solder paste printing;
• Stencil design, including pin-in-paste;
• Aperture design;
• Board support;
• Fast cycle time printing;
• Post-print inspection (2-D and 3-D).
For more info and to register, visit speedlinetech.com/seminars.
The company will continue to offer free Webinars this fall, including a Lead-Free Overview, on Aug. 18, and Lead-Free Wave Soldering, on Sept. 15.
Oulunsalo, Finland -- Juha Hulkko has been appointed chief executive of Elektrobit Group, a Finland-based specialist in the design, life-cycle testing and production automation of electronics products.
A founder of Elektrobit Group and a major shareholder, Hulkko has acted as Chairman since 2002.
Former CEO Juha Sipilä will take over the role of Chairman.
The executive board has been further restructured, with Jukka Harju appointed as COO. He will continue his duties in mergers and acquisitions, and oversee the executive vice presidents responsible for Strategic Business Units and Logistics and Information Management. Johann Haas has been appointed executive VP, Automotive Unit. All other support functions except Human Resources will be directed by CFO Seppo Laine.
PALO ALTO, CA -- Electronics assemblers that fail to move quickly to implement a strategies for lead-free manufacturing will suffer in the bottom line, an analyst warned today. "SMT manufacturers that are inactive with their strategies for lead-free implementation will lose market share," said Keith Robinson, industry manager for Frost & Sullivan's surface mount technology group. |  |
Increased demand for laminate substrates this year, coupled with the ASE fire, is expected to push prices higher for wirebond PBGA and flip-chip substrates, says a new report from research firm TechSearch International. Unless capacity is expanded over existing plans, the situation could be similar for 2006, TechSearch said in a press release.
Wunstorf, Germany -- phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services reports that it has increased sales by 35% over fiscal 2003. According to a press release, the company has also given a positive impact on the regional employment quota, with a staff of over 70 employees that includes a growing number of research and development engineers.
phoenix|x-ray is a manufacturer of microfocus and nanofocus x-ray systems, x-ray tubes and computed tomography systems.
“We see this an investment into the future,” says Helmut Appelt, general manager. “Our goal is to keep our position of the market leader in our segment which means we always need to be ahead our competitors when it comes to developing new products.”
The company cites as an example the launch of the product series v|tome|x in 2002. The x-ray system combines 3-D computed tomography and 2-D inspection with submicron resolution. The demand for computed tomography has increased during the last couple of years, leading to an interesting market potential. Accordingly, phoenix|x-ray set-up a new business department for CT.
Despite the growth of the 3-D inspection business, phoenix|x-ray still sees new applications for 2-D inspection. The x|argos introduced in mid April is a high kV x-ray system for large samples up to 100 kg. The company believes the market potential for this system is large due to new materials and production techniques (especially in the automotive industry) that require high-resolution x-ray inspection.
