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Speaking of this Week -- April 11, 2003
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
By Christine F. Della Monaca
Speaking of this Week reflects on events in the electronics assembly industry every Friday.
Personnel news has moved to the forefront this week, followed by tradeshow news, progress and companies coming together in mergers and alliances. Hold on:
- With Neil Murphy retiring from Binghamton, N.Y.-based Universal Instruments Corp. after 27 years of service, the company has selected Matt Gilroy to fill the position of eastern U.S. regional sales manager. Meanwhile, Santa Ana, Calif.-based ITT Industries Inc. promoted Olivier Duperray to senior vice president and operating officer -- worldwide for its Electronic Components (Cannon) segment, while Norcross, Ga.-based Viscom AG appointed Carsten Salewski to support the company's branch offices. Finally, California-based Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. appointed Ovadia Ovadia as head of its newly formed Valor Parts Library (VPL) division, while Stephen R. Forrest, Ph.D., lead scientist for Princeton University in its partnership with Ewing, N.J.-based Universal Display Corp. (UDC), was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
- Tradeshow news: Northbrook, Ill.-based IPC -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries reported attendance figures for both IPC Printed Circuits Expo 2003 and APEX 2003. Taking place the week before APEX in Long Beach, Calif., IPC Printed Circuits Expo attracted more than 3,000 visitors and 190 exhibitors. A total of 75 paper presentations drew more than 600 attendees. Meanwhile, APEX 2003, which took place last week in Anaheim, Calif., drew 7,200 total visitors, including attendees and exhibitors. In the Anaheim Convention Center were 393 booths, and the APEX professional development courses saw 650 participants, with 620 people attending the technical conference. Speaking of APEX, Herndon, Va.-based NEMI launched its 2002 roadmap there. Meanwhile, the Minneapolis-based SMTA has launched its 90-minute online presentations, which touch on topics ranging from 0201 assembly to equipment effectiveness to lead-free solder reliability. Finally, the IEEE 2003 International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), which took place at the end of March, saw a record number of papers and presentations, more than 140 in total.
- Progress news: The San Diego-based PXI Systems Alliance (PXISA) released new PXI specifications, while St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M formed the Electronics Markets Materials Division and Frost & Sullivan honored Schaumburg, Ill.-based Omron Electronics LLC with its 2003 Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Leadership award for the automated optical inspection (AOI) market.
- Finally, some merger, acquisition and alliance news: The Postville, Iowa-based Industrial Laminates/Norplex Inc. (ILN), Division of Industrial Dielectrics Inc., has acquired the assets of Nevamar's industrial laminates production in Hampton, S.C. Bohemia, N.Y.-based V.J. ElectroniX, a division of V.J. Technologies Inc. acquired Teradyne's manual X-ray inspections systems business, part of the former NIS business, and the SRT rework systems business. In other news of companies coming together, EMS provider Celestica selected Palo Alto, Calif.-based Agilent Technologies Inc.'s 5DX Series 5000XL automated X-ray test system, while Albuquerque-based Introbotics Corp. has launched a new capability to test 100 percent of bare printed wiring boards for controlled impedance for Merix Corp. In similar news, Austin, Texas-based National Instruments' LabVIEW graphical development software has been selected by JDS Uniphase Corp., while BAE Systems Controls ordered one of Tyngsboro, Mass.-based X-Tek's latest generation Hawk 160 X-ray inspection systems. Finally, Vista, Calif.-based Palomar Technologies established The One Alliance with its alliance companies, Axsys Technologies, Creative Automation and ILX Lightwave, to integrate multiple machines and processes in a complete assembly line.
This just in: According to this week's Quick Vote, 38 percent of you did not attend APEX, 25 percent of you said it met expectations, 25 percent said it was below expectations, and 15 percent of you said it exceeded your expectations.
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.