Search Archives  Archive March 2005 Arrow Electronics honored with award from Honeywell DEK co-authors win 'Best International Paper' award at SMTA for groundbreaking WL-CSP research Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee, to speak at SMTA Shanghai Technology Summit Excellon Automation announces the release of its Concept 129 Intelli-Drill Experts to demystify the challenges of lead-free wave soldering in free, live webcast seminar IPC publishes revisions to IPC-A-610 and J-STD standards Last chance to register for tomorrow's 'Getting LEAN in Electronics Manufacturing' webinar M-Wave announces strategic acquisition purchasing assets of Jayco Ventures, Inc. Quanta lands iMode-phone orders from NEC Ramaer and Cimnet Systems sign BPO services contract tailored specifically for PCB manufacturers worldwide Second-tier notebook makers expect strong sales for ruggedized notebooks this year Sparton to implement Valor's Trilogy-5000 corporate wide Technology Forecasters Inc. and Quarterly Forum announce Microsoft will host and Webplan will sponsor June events Test Technology International announces tester sales THT Research - Weekly Newsletter Unimicron signs multi-million dollar agreement for Orbotech AOI and LDI systems Webplan customer Agilent to speak at national manufacturing week Zero Defects International introduces Turbo-Test PCB test programming  2005 Pan Pacific Symposium best paper award announced Agile Unveils Next Generation PLM Solution For Complex Engineering Manufacturers ASAT announces that SigmaTel has begun production on lead-free and green fpBGA packaging at the ASAT China facility BEST receives coveted VISON Award at APEX Camtek to vigorously defend patent infringement claim filed against it by competitor Celestica wins prestigious Shingo Prize for lean manufacturing excellence Compal Communications shares jump Compal Communications to ramp up monthly capacity at Nanjing plant in 2H Cookson Group announces new financing arrangements DEK continues award-winning record EADS Test & Services selects SEICA for third level test solution First industry 'Blog' launched Foxconn announces cooperation with HP Handset-use PCB demand to pick up in 3Q, current orders remain weak Henkel announces availability of a new No Clean, Resin-Free, Halide-Free, Sustained Activity Flux Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Elcoteq Network Corporation Mentor Graphics collaborates with VIA to deliver PCB reference designs for leading microprocessor suppliers MVP introduced software release 5.0 at APEX Nortel launches supply chain center in Shanghai to enhance customer value Read MYDATA's March 2005 issue of MYNEWS Newsletter in EMSNow's Newsletter Central TXP-Texas Prototypes wins four Service Excellence Awards from Circuits Assembly Magazine Universal adds new knowledge-based white papers to website Zuken enhances US structure, adds to executive management team and strengthens global support  2004 Marks Turning Point for Contract-Manufacturing Industry AT&S - Fohnsdorf relocation with modernisation investments now ready Foxconn forms alliance with HP for joint product development Kester receives a VISION Award for EnviroMark 907 no-clean lead-free solder paste Mastering Response Management - Today's Competitive Weapon RoHS screening service announced Slow start to the new year for semiconductor sales Suntron Corp. to announce Q4 results on Thursday, March 10, 2005 Sypris Solutions, Inc. to participate in the Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional Investors Conference Taiwan: China-based manufacturing accounted for 85.1% of 2004 IT hardware production value ViTechnology® introduces 'Upgradeable Vision' Wus to shift production of LCD TV-use PCBs from Taiwan to China in 2H Aegis takes first in 'service excellence' fifth year in a row ASAT Holdings Limited reports Q3 results Asustek has no plans to spin off OEM notebook business Indium appoints new market development specialist in Europe Inventec Appliances to apply for listing on TSE in May IPC releases IPC-7351, generic requirements for surface mount design and land pattern standard KIC's Marybeth Allen to present at SMT Nuremberg Maire Laitinen - new general counsel member for Aspocomp Orbotech Ltd. to present at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor and Systems Conference and at the New York Display Investment Conference Parlex China operations receives TS16949 qualification PCB maker Unimicron expects single-digit shipments growth in 2005 SMTA Boston program to feature mini conference on RoHS SMTC Corporation schedules Q4 results Sypris Solutions board member Roger W. Johnson dies at age 70 Taiwan PCB makers compete for potential Apple orders Taiwanese firms produced US$67 billion worth of computer hardware last year Teradyne could exit circuit board business, report says  Asus lands smartphone orders from UK-based telecom carrier Vodafone Circatex announces new divisions in key market sectors DDi Corp. appoints Bradley Tesch as new COO DesignAdvance(TM) joins Mentor Graphics OpenDoor(TM) program Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Hansatech becomes world's first DEK Interactiv(TM) user IPC elects new members to the Board of Directors J.I.C. wins new orders Lenovo to seek potential partnership with Asus, say sources Nortel announces senior management appointments SMTC Corporation schedules Q4 results TMSC, PSC and VIS to invest over NT$300b for new fabs and R&D center Asustek and Lenovo may cooperate on manufacturing, sources say China 2004 export value: Foxconn topped foreign firms Cleanroom-grade wipes offer lower cost, tough cleaning performance Collaborative PCB design challenges tackled by new Cadence partitioning technology Compal Communications may top six million phones in 1Q shipments DEK's unique VectorGuard(TM) stencil technology selected for IPC's Innovative Technology Showcase Design for Testability software released Dielectric Solutions introduced new technology at ECWC Elcoteq's annual report 2004 published EMSNow presents supply chain management webinar FEINFOCUS appoints Anja Weber as Regional Sales Manager for Europe IPC releases book-to-bill and IMS/PCB business report for January Nam Tai wins new orders from new customer Nortel Supplier Forum Honors achievements of top performers Solectron to announce Q2 results Taiwanese to take center stage at CeBIT in Germany TXP's -Texas Photonics Division features new IP development and supply chain model Advanced Circuits' PCB Check Plot available free online Aegis software facilitates BAE Systems Lean Manufacturing program Asustek foresees five-fold growth in handset shipments Asyst awards Solectron 2004 distinguished supplier award Compal and Inventec record mixed results in February DDi Corp. to announce FY and Q4 2004 results on March 14 ECA monthly order index bounces back in February Flat Information Displays Conference expands to China again in 2005 Intel names new co-general manager of technology and manufacturing group Key Electronics, Inc. has acquired Accutronix Manufacturing Services LaBarge awarded $3.2 million contract Merix to announce Q3 results on March 29, 2005 New appointment to strengthen sales and service at Technic Electric Nortech Systems launches new corporate website NVIDIA expands tool kit for game developers Pb-free defects vs. reliability to be presented at SMTA chapter meeting Polyonics introduces XF-800 series metal labels PROMATION expands customer support Rogers Corp. to Feature R/flex® 3000 Family of Liquid Crystalline Polymers at RF & Hyper 2005 SigmaTron reports Q3 - revenue and income up Speedline Technologies offers APEX 2005 technical papers for download The Western European digital camera market continued to boom in 2004 Viking InterWorks, a Sanmina-SCI Company ships cost-effective, high-performance DRAM modules using new stacking technology Zuken launches upgraded version of 3D PCB design tool Agilent enhances FPGA dynamic probe Agilent to acquire Vxl products from PASS Technologies Asustek to officially separate its own-brand and OEM notebook business, to carry out new acquisitions Contax exhibits at Nepcon Brighton Coretec Q4 release and conference call announced IDC's FutureScan: IT buyer expectations pick up Jabil chooses Datacraft infrastructure solutions for new Indian plant Mentor improves electrical design flows by strengthening integration More than 10,000 at IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX, the Designers Summit, and ECWC 10 PCB maker Compeq decides to phase out in flip-chip substrates, say sources Quanta's notebook shipments increase slightly in February Rumors abound as Asustek is said to be interested in acquiring Clevo TSMC monthly sales report - sales slightly down Vertex Precision to target flexible PCB production this year Agilent introduces solution for 8X fibre channel compliance testing Apriso announces partnership with HCL Technologies BenQ to set up LCD TV production base in Europe Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee to Present at Nepcon China Technology Summit Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, 170 in list of world's billionaires, according to Forbes Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.: institutional investor acquires additional 2.5% stake in NTEEP New Sales Manager for Plexus Nortech Systems to report Q4 results on March 15 PCB material maker Iteq reports utilization rate of 90% Quantum CAD announces ISO 9001.2000 accreditation SMTC reports Q4 FY 2004 results Suntron reports Q4 and FY 2004 results Top-four motherboard makers ship 6.69 million motherboards in February Asustek to step into making DVD recorders as shown at CeBIT 2005 Dage Holdings announces sale of contract manufacturing division Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan EMI expands early-stage manufacturing capabilities with four new machines Enthone appoints Kristian Story as Key Account Manager - Microelectronics Introbotics announces production bandwidth measurement capability on CI1000 Jabil completes acquisition of manufacturing electronics business from Varian, Inc. Jabil to announce Q2 earnings Japan's Notto Denko to expand PCB operations, says report Lite-On Technology's February revenues down 18.5% on month, 9.3% on year Phoenix X-Ray Systems and Services honoured with award Schippers & Crew chooses Dage XD7600 Seica to showcase new products and technologies at CPCA Shanghai SMT Resources offers short-term rental lines Solectron Centum wins order to supply PCBs from ABB group, says Business India Synchronized Manufacturing selects Aegis software TT electronics acquires manufacturing base in China Westwind Air Bearings Ltd. to participation in CPCA Show 2005 Acer chairman says, Foxconn won't do ODM notebook business Actions Semiconductor orders multiple Teradyne J750 systems for audio IC testing Arima to reach two-fold growth in handset shipments, thanks to order from Sony Ericsson Arrow Electronics honored with SMTEK's supplier of the year award Beijing Huada orders additional Teradyne J750 systems for RFID smart card testing CeBIT: Asustek previews Turion 64 platform CirTran having 'Green for Go' St. Patrick's Day Week in China Cookson announce preliminary results DDi reports Q4 and FY results eXception PCB receives positive feedback Intel Q1 business at high end of expectations Isola Group SARL to purchase Gividi-Italy LaBarge lands $12.3 Million contract for Northrop Grumman mail sorting system Multi-Teknik a leading psc company in Sweden have purchased their second MicroCraft test system Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. acquires additional SMT production lines for increasing orders New CEMCON exhibition dates announced Proposal for board members for Aspocomp Group Oyj AGM Siemens to exhibit SIPLACE at Nepcon Brighton Taiwan made iPod shuffle-like MP3 player draws concern from Apple Teradyne's PCB facility recognized by EPA for superior environmental performance THT Research - Newsletter from Taiwan Urgent STB orders flowing into Foxconn, says source Viking Test Services announces sale to Circatex Visiprise joins forces with SAP to provide an integrated discrete manufacturing solution Acer aims to triple share Agilent's latest basic instruments selection guide now available Arrow Electronics wins EPCOS Distributor of the Year award Cookson announces board changes CR Logic to spend HK$1.5b on expansion, report says Flextronics announces pricing and results to date for tender offer and consent solicitation for its 9-3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2010 Intel honors more than 40 companies with awards Labtech purchases Filtronics microwave facility Lead free inspection solutions at Nepcon 2005 National Semiconductor to sell PC Super I/O Business to Winbond Nortech Systems reports record Q4 and FY results Rohm and Haas announces senior management changes Suntron Corporation sues Applied Materials, Inc. Winbond to start volume shipments of backend ICs for 2-megapixel camera phones in 3Q Asustek to acquire WLAN maker Asymtek launches new website in Chinese Asymtek receives Intel award BenQ to be ranked as one of top-ten vendors in China by 3Q BI Technologies develops evaluation board for power factor correction Calumet Electronics Corporation purchases March Plasma Systems equipment CirTran's Racore subsidiary adds Communications Supply Corp. as customer Contax exhibits new pick & place and AOI at Nepcon ECA to present Dr. Felix Zandman Award at CARTS USA 2005 Indium to exhibit at Nepcon Shanghai IPC honors best paper and best poster presentations at ECWC10 KIC to present at NEPCON China/EMT China 2005 Lead-free course series to provide the complete coverage from Preparation through Production to Reliability March Plasma Systems' Florida operation moves to new location Nam Tai institutional investor acquires 10 Million shares of NTEEP New feature event at Nepcon UK 2005 New in-circuit test at Nepcon UK New 'Roll-A-Round' base from O.C. White Nokia and its suppliers ignore worker rights, says report Phoenix Contact offers 'lead free' advice at Nepcon UK Read the latest issue of Siemens SIPLACE Americas Newsletter in EMSNow's Newsletter Central Real men have silicon - and profits Reptron reports Q4 & FY results Seica SpA to present new technologies at Nepcon Shanghai Specialist conveyor systems from Contax Sypris appoints Robert B. Sanders Group VP Action Circuits continues relationship with BP Microsystems Asian PC vendors to move into the top-ten rankings in 5 years, Acer chairman says Autron's net profit jumps 50% BP Microsystems to exhibit at NEPCON China/EMT China 2005 Compal lands MP3-phone order from Panasonic Fabrinet signs agreement with BEI Systron Donner Automotive Division to manufacture microgyro assemblies for automotive applications Flextronics seeking partnerships with major Taiwan ODM players, report says FSA announces 27% worldwide fabless revenue growth in 2004 Honeywell receives Supplier Excellence Award from Infineon Indium promotes three employees Jabil Q2 - Company raises 2005 guidance following record first half KIC to co-host Lead-free RoHS assembly seminar in San Jose, CA Kyzen hosts 'out of this world' visit from NASA Astronaut Lead-Free Crystal Oscillator from AVX Merix enhances sales structure Pemstar announces settlement of shareholder litigation SMTA Toronto to feature courses and CMAP laed-free program Solectron's Cesar Gonzalez, Director Account Operations Management, to speak at Real-Time Response Management Webinar Sony Ericsson mulls India plant, says report Asustek to begin own-brand memory cards for handsets and notebooks Express Manufacturing Inc. expands manufacturing capabilities FormFactor names Harvey A. Wagner to its Board of Directors Henkel Corporation wins Intel award Hon Hai shareholders sell 1.8% stake IPC Designers Council confirms international design conference program at Nepcon UK LG to place OEM orders with local LCD TV makers while Samsung remains conservative on outsourcing National Graphic Supply announces new sales agents New thermal modeling standards emerge NOTE announces increased production capacity in South America Production cell for flexible PCB from Essemtec Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials' Microelectronic Technologies Business achieves ISO 9001:2000 registration Siemens and Rochester Institute of Technology partner for the second Lean Manufacturing Training Course Announcement on change to shareholdings from Elcoteq Asymtek earns Intel's prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement Award for the 2nd consecutive year BP Microsystems announces Hitech as new representative Celestica intends to offer option exchange program CmController5 improves solderpaste printing performance Eltek returns to profitability in Q4 on continued revenue growth Experts to address lead-free reflow soldering implementation in webcast seminar Isola Group Launches New Family of IS640 Products Iteq to build PCB inner-layer processing plant with GBM in China J.I.C. receives the Supplier of Quality Award from Polar L-3 Communications Infrared Products names Jabil 2004 Supplier of the Year Leading Taiwan DSC makers optimistic about exports to Europe Management team completes acquisition of Hunter Technology from Ambitech International Mitac chairman says Taiwan ODM makers to enjoy CAGR of 24% through 2007 Mobo makers facing a tight supply of Intel chipsets and PCBs Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. wins new orders of color STN LCD modules for cordless phones Nortia Capital Partners, Inc. signs Letter of Intent Orbotech enters new area for imaging technologies by purchasing the assets of Imarad Imaging Systems Sanmina-SCI announces preliminary results of tender offer for Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2020 Sypris expands executive's responsibilities Technology Forecasters Inc. releases three new reports to Quarterly Forum members Viking signs agency agreement with Mason Acer looking to add notebook ODM after Foxconn ruled out Arima and BenQ land new handset orders from Sony Ericsson and Nokia Fabrinet receives ISO/TS 16949:2002 International Automotive Quality Management System Certification Hunter Technology Corporation to host technical seminars May 5th and 6th, Hybrid metal-polymer microstructures deliver design freedom IMS introduces new S-band low pass SMT filter Park Electrochemical Corp. announces changes in officer positions Park Electrochemical Corp. declares cash dividend PCB executives extend industry reach through IPC Listserv Siemens Electronic Assembly Systems and Rochester Institute of Technology to provide SMT Process Training Solectron and Technology Forecasters Inc. take part in Webplan-sponsored webcast with EMSNow Solutions for fast and unerring assembly to debut at SMT 2005 Taiwan's PCB output tops NT$167.8 ($5.36) Billion in 2004, says report ZESTRON America hosts SMTA meeting Zuken merges SPICE tool with CADSTAR Schematics design Almit launches Superdry Cabinets at Nepcon UK AOI system for inspection of interposers from EPP BTU exhibits with German distributors at SMT Nuremberg Decisions of Elcoteq Network Corporation's AGM DEK showcases new tools for advanced SMT at Nepcon 2005 Democracy in action Indium Corporation to exhibit at Semicon Europa Jabil Circuit French operations awarded EN 9100 Aerospace Certification Kester launches N.A. Lead-Free RoHS Assembly Seminar Series Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Q1 dividends Park Electrochemical Corp. announces appointment of Albert J. Mastrangelo as VP of Technical Marketing Proven Pb-Free from Almit Test Solutions Ltd appointed as UK distributor by DCB Automation Universal Instruments exhibits placement platform at Nepcon UK ZESTRON Europe to host International Lead-Free Cleaning Workshop Decision of the French Appllate Court on the closing of Aspocomp S.A.S. Foresite to offer workshops on residues and lead free processing Henkel promotes Giuseppe Caramella to Product Manager for Europe Indium promotes Anweiler Merix's Data Circuit Systems acquires Buried Capacitance license SMTA Montreal features academy courses and certification program Solectron announces Q2 results Sparton receives 2005 Service Excellence Award for EMS providers Speedline Technologies to introduce Accela Printer at NEPCON China 2005 Speedline win awards Tatung launches into cellphone segment VT-RNS from Omron - a new generation for Automatic Optical Inspection Analyst study shows success of RFID is dependent upon network capability Asustek subsidiary Kinsus to acquire FPCB maker CEA honors Craig Barret as 'Technology Innovator of the Year Intel looking for market to migrate to 600-series CPUs by 3Q, mobo makers disagree Molex Names Sypris Exec As New CFO Ohmcraft, Inc. announces Partnership with Chromalox, Inc. RiTdisplay OLED panel shipment to reach 20 million units in 2005 Sanmina-SCI Announces Final Results of Tender Offer for Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2020 Seranoa Networks selects and deploys Agile Advantage SMTA announces three Academy programs Solectron Corp. to restate results for '02, '03, and '04 Taiwan market: Local makers to manufacture LGE LCD monitors Tapco announces acquisition of EIS Circuit Supply Division Teradyne unveils advanced 3D x-ray imaging technology Agilent Technologies announces two free jitter eSeminars Contract manufacturer shares drop on outlook ECA honors five industry leaders with award at CARTS USA Gigabyte and MSI deliver new P4 motherboards Hunter Technology to Offer Free Lead-Free Compliance Consultation at IEEE Wescon. IPC Designers Council confirms Designers Symposium Programme at Nepcon UK IRC's precision voltage divider delivers accuracy for military systems JTAG Technologies demonstrates solutions at Nepcon Shanghai 2005 Kingston lowers memory module prices Lenovo gets US$600 million loan for IBM purchase SMIC Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss but Records First-Ever Annual Profit Standard & Poor's cuts Quanta's outlook rating Steelwedge announces EPPM suite Taiwan memory makers to offer price protection Aspocomp Group signs LP market making agreement with Kaupthing Bank Bespoke ultrasonic welding from Contax Helps increase OEE for SAFT CDMA phone shipments from Taiwan to more than double in 2005 ELFNET reports on current status of European lead-free soldering Indium Corporation to exhibit at SMT Hybrid Packaging JPSA appoints Electronic Technology Corporation (ETC) Rep for Chicago, Midwest Territory JTAG Technologies broadens ISP support Kingston Technology and Packard Electronics select test system from W. M. Hague Company Lean Manufacturing Industry Veteran Joins Venture Outsource Group Merix Corporation reports results For Third Quarter FY 2005 Micron Technology Q2 results Mobo makers: Migration to 915 platform to speed up in 2Q New Dates for 2006 IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and Designers Summit Palomar Technologies moves to new facility in Carlsbad, CA SigmaTron International, Inc. signs letter of intent to purchase Able Electronics, Inc.