HOUSTON – BPM Microsystems announced the retirement of Lyman Brown, executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 31. 

Founder Bill White will take over as president and CEO.  He launched the company in 1985 and ran it until 2003.

Brown began his career with BPM Microsystems in June 2003 as director of business development. He was promoted to executive vice president and COO in November the same year.

MEDWAY, MA – A pair of assembly equipment OEMs have teamed to develop a combination printer-placement line.

Milara and Mirae have developed the P3, a printer and pick-and-place system, which will premiere at Apex in April.

Milara will distribute the line in North and South America, while Mirae will do so in Asia.
 
No financial terms of the partnership were disclosed.

Milara provides stencil printers for SMT and wafer applications. Mirae manufactures equipment for semiconductor, display and SMT-related applications. 

SAN JOSE – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $863.3 million in orders in December, up 8.3% sequentially, according to SEMI.

SAN JOSE – The Semiconductor Industry Association hailed the latest guilty plea in an ongoing prosecution of people involved in the sale of counterfeit semiconductor products.