Titanium Soldering Mask Technology for Complex Selective Soldering
Since 1998, Eutect GmbH has produced customized soldering masks in its in-house manufacture. Due to continuously progressing miniaturization and that fact that soldering is performed directly in plastic housings, soldering masks are becoming increasingly more complex in order to guarantee a good soldering end result. Aside from process evaluations, the company’s in-house technical department supports […]
Uniform activator system for flux, flux concentrates, and flux gels
Being able to use flux for mass production and small series without paying attention to the activator has many advantages. Employees can’t confuse different fluxes, cross-reactions are absent when using different activators, and the customer can obtain all flux products from a single source. Emil Otto now also offers flux gels that use the uniform […]
Teco to construct motor factory in Vietnam
Teco Electric & Machinery has disclosed it will invest US$10-20 million to build a factory making small motors in Vietnam, with trial production to being towards the end of 2018 and annual production capacity to increase to 300,000 units in 2020. Currently, Teco has annual production capacity of one million small motors in Taiwan, 500,000-600,000 […]
Semi Capex Forecast to Exceed $100B for the First Time in 2018, Says IC Insights
IC Insights raises its full-year spending growth forecast for this year from 8% to 14%. IC Insights recently released its May Update to the 2018 McClean Report. This Update included a look at the top-25 1Q18 semiconductor suppliers, a discussion of the 1Q18 IC industry market results, and an update of the 2018 capital spending forecast by company. Overall, the capital […]
SEMI Position on EC’s Proposed Framework for Screening Foreign Direct Investments in the European Union
By Emir Demircan In response to the European Commission’s (EC) proposed framework for screening foreign direct investments (FDI), SEMI, representing the global electronics manufacturing supply chain, offers three recommendations for consideration by EU policymakers: To support the sophisticated global ecosystem of semiconductor manufacturers, the EU should remain open to global investment. More efforts should be made […]