Bulgin sponsors MATE International ROV

Rugged connector and component manufacturer Bulgin has announced its involvement in the 18th annual MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) International ROV competition taking place this month. Bulgin will be sponsoring the finals, which will be held from June 20-22, at the Kingsport Aquatic Center and MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. Bulgin will […]

Raytheon and United Technologies Aerospace Businesses to Combine in “Merger of Equals”

Combination will create a premier systems provider with advanced technologies to address rapidly growing segments of aerospace and defense Expanded technology and R&D capabilities to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions aligned with customer priorities Significant near- and long-term benefits expected from uniting complementary portfolios of platform-agnostic capabilities, resulting in more than $1 billion of gross […]

Kitron: CEO Peter Nilsson to resume his duties on 30 September 2019

Reference is made to Kitron’s stock exchange notice on 3 January about CEO Peter Nilsson going on medical leave until the end of June 2019 for cancer treatment. The treatment has progressed according to the plan and is in its final phases. The medical leave will be extended until the last treatment phase is concluded […]

Reuters Reports China Is Preparing Its Own List of ‘Unreliable Foreign Entities’

Reuters is reporting that China is preparing to curb some technology exports to the United States, citing as its source  the chief editor of China’s Global Times newspaper said on Saturday. If enacted, they said, the measures suggest Beijing would retaliate over U.S. restrictions imposed on Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd due to what Washington […]

Demonstrating How to Reduce Voids in Solder Joints on Land Grid Arrays

CT image of the soldered LGA internal structure

Not only the generally advancing miniaturization, but also the constructive design of components places special demands on the SMT process. An industrial project of Thales Germany with the participation of Rehm Thermal Systems, TU Dresden, Fraunhofer IZM, Koh Young Europe and Omron shows how these can be solved with regard to Land Grid Arrays (LGA).