ViTrox Announces Its Smart Technology Day Event in ShenZhen, China
PENANG MALAYSIA – ViTrox Technologies is making its way to exhibit products at Four Seasons Hotel, Shenzhen, China on 29th and 30th August 2018. With the title of Smart Technology Day, ViTrox aims to acquaint products to the potential and existing customers and broaden their knowledge on the latest vision solutions throughout this two-day event. […]
Interoperability, cybersecurity goals drive cooperation between ISA and The Open Group
ISA and The Open Group announce cooperation in the development of a control architecture for application across the process industries Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA — The International Society of Automation and The Open Group have agreed to a liaison Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in advancing and harmonizing the development of a multivendor, interoperable, […]
TTI, Inc. to Acquire RFMW Ltd.
Fort Worth, TX – TTI, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire RFMW Ltd., a privately held, specialty distributor headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Upon completion of the acquisition, RFMW will continue to operate under the RFMW brand name, reporting through the […]
TE Connectivity completes its acquisition of ABB’s ENTRELEC terminal block business
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, and ABB, a world pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, announce that TE has closed its previously announced acquisition of ABB’s ENTRELEC® terminal block business. “We are combining two portfolios that will be more competitive under […]
Is Component Testing Using the ROSE Test Practical?

In a previous article titled, It’s Time to Retire ROSE Testing, Mark and I discussed the basis for why ROSE testing should be retired as an industry “cleanliness or process control” test. In this article we reemphasize our position by highlighting some work we presented at the 2017 SMTA International Conference comparing component cleanliness results from the Resistivity of Solvent Extract (ROSE) against Ion Chromatography (IC) results.