SANTA CLARA, CA -- Ambitech International has sold its Silicon Valley PCB fabrication and assembly division to a group of investors. Terms were not disclosed.
Hunter Technology Corp. was acquired by Ambitech in March 2001, right at the end of the peak of the North American electronics market. Hunter has been in business for nearly 40 years.
Hunter specializes in printed circuit board fabrication and electronics assembly for high-mix products for medical, aerospace, communications and capital equipment.
BANNOCKBURN, IL - Enforcement of existing international trade agreements is the main thrust of an industry lobbying effort this spring.
IPC is coordinating a industrywide call
on Congress and the Bush Administration to press China to live up to
its trade agreements.
The annual event, called Capitol Hill Day, will take place May 18, in Washington, D.C.
The message is that until the administration enforces present WTO commitments, and U.S. trading partners abide by them, Congress should suspend consideration of any new trade agreements, IPC said in a press release.
"It's important to compel our trading partners to abide by the agreed upon rules of international trade, especially China, who continues to manipulate its currency for manufacturing and export advantages," says John Kania, IPC director of government relations. "We hope that by meeting with senators and representatives, we'll be able to influence national policy and legislation as it moves through Congress."
(Doug Bartlett, founding director of the U.S. Printed Circuit Alliance, discussed this topic in his keynote speech at PCB West 2005. Visit http://www.pcdandm.com/pcdmag/pdf/pcbwest05_keynote.pdf.)
For more information on the lobbying effort contact Kania at jkania@ipc.org.
Milpitas, CA, March 18 - FlexICs, an ultra-low-temperature poly silicon flexible circuit manufacturing facility, will host a WebCast equipment auction next Tuesday.
Highlights of the 500-lot auction include: Cascade Microtech probe system, (2) CHA SSB-600 sputter systems, Karl Suss MA150 mask aligner, Sopra ES4-G ellipsometer, Tegal 901e etcher, Dektak 3ST profiler, Lamda Physik 400/4038 laser system, custom-designed cluster tool with a $2.4 million original acquisition cost, plus hundreds of additional technology items.
AUSTIN, TX -- Low-cost assembly of RFID chips and antennas may be the most critical roadblock to reaching a five-cent RFID tag. With this in mind, TechSearch International has created a workshop to address assembly issues associated with RFID tag manufacturing.
Low-Cost RFID IC Packaging and Assembly: Roadblock on the Highway to a 5-cent RFID Tag, will be held March 29-30 in Austin, TX. The workshop will provide a forum for experts on all aspects of RFID IC packaging and assembly to present their work.
Rick Koskella, Sun Microsystem, will give the opening presentation -- RFID Scorecard: Accomplishments and Issues -- based on the experiences from Sun's RFID test center in Texas. Dr. Gitanjali Swamy will present a cost model for RFID. Presentations from semiconductor makers and inlay manufacturers include speakers from Philips, Texas Instruments, Celis Semiconductor, Alien Technology, Symbol Technologies and KSW Microtech.
Equipment makers, including Muhlbauer and Toray Engineering, will share their experiences in the RFID tag assembly area. A presentation on printed electronics will be given by Dr. Dan Gamota, Motorola. Presentations will also highlight RFID activities in Japan and China. Dr. Frank Bachner of TechSearch will moderate a panel discussing the key challenges to lowering RFID inlay and tag assembly cost.