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Speaking of this Week — February 20, 2004
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
By Christine F. Della Monaca, Managing Editor, SMT
Speaking of this Week summarizes and analyzes events in the electronics assembly industry every Friday.
With one of the biggest electronics assembly shows of the year, APEX, right around the corner, the news this short week, appropriately enough, focuses on upcoming trade shows. There's also progress news, partnerships and acquisitions, personnel news, and a look at R&D this year. Read on:
- This week presented information on various events, including San Diego-based KIC's Marybeth Allen speaking on the thermal process of LTCC at the IMAPS Orange Chapter dinner meeting last night. Looking into the future, Breda, Holland-based Cobar Europe BV's technical director, Ineke van Tiggelen-Aarden, will make a presentation on a QC-routine for solder paste at APEX next week in Anaheim, Calif. Meanwhile, in mid-March, Utica, N.Y.-based Indium Corp. of America, Foxboro, Mass.-based Speedline Technologies and KIC will present a one-day lead-free implementation workshop at Speedline headquarters in Foxboro. The Herndon, Va.-based National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) will kick off its 2004 roadmap in late March at Sun Microsystems' facility in Newark, Calif. Finally, in September 2005, the International Robots & Vision Show will co-locate with Assembly Technology Expo for the first time.
- Encouraging progress news: Hollis, N.H.-based JPSA Laser has launched UV laser marking services on materials such as glass, crystals, diamonds, sapphires and polymers, among others, while in Web news, both UK-based trade organization Tin Technology and Billerica, Mass.-based GSI Lumonics debuted new Web sites this week. Last but certainly not least, the Arlington, Va.-based National Association of Relay Manufacturers (NARM) will change its name to the Relay and Switch Industry Association (RSIA).
- Partnership and acquisition news: KIC appointed Dallas-based DG Marketing as its new representative in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, while San Diego-based FocalSpot Inc. announced that Portland, Ore.-based Vanguard EMS had picked Den-on Instruments RD-500 for use in advanced rework applications. The previously mentioned NARM plans a marketing services agreement with Cumulus Inc., a consulting company for the electronic components industry, as part of its name change. Finally, Liberty, S.C.-based Cornell Dubilier bought Winooski, Vt.-based York Capacitor Corp., while Milpitas, Calif.-based Solectron Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell Fremont, Calif.-based SMART Modular Technologies Inc. and its affiliated companies to Texas Pacific Group, Franscisco Partners and Shah Management
- Two bits of personnel news: Kenosha, Wis.-based Pro-mation Inc. announced that ZMC — Singapore promoted Alex Wong to general manager, and San Jose, Calif.-based Venture Outsource Group appointed four industry and business leaders from all parts of the supply chain to its Advisory Board.
- Finally, a prediction: Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle forecasts that total R&D spending in the U.S. will increase about 2.5 percent year-over-year in 2004, with government funding of scientific R&D seeing the biggest increase and industrial support making only scant advances.
This just in: According to this week's Quick Vote, 76 percent of you are not attending APEX/IPC Printed Circuits Expo next week in Anaheim, Calif., while 24 percent of you are. We'll be there — come see us in booth 2095.
Have some insight on the industry? See something you don't agree with? Think I'm right on? Send it all to me at mailto:christinef@pennwell.com.