| Air Cargo Traffic to Rise 6.1%, Boeing Says |
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| Written by Mike Buetow | |||
| Thursday, 31 August 2006 07:59 | |||
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CHICAGO -- In its annual world
outlook for commercial airplanes, Boeing predicts a 6.1% annual increase in air cargo traffic over the next 20 years. Coupled with higher fuel costs, that suggests cargo rates will continue to fly higher in coming years. The world's largest maker of planes also predicts passenger traffic to increase 4.9% a year through 2025. The company said worldwide air freighter fleet will nearly double over the next 20 years to 3,560 airplanes, from 1,790.
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Columns
| Semblant Warms to New Fluoropolymer Conformal Coating |
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Months after hinting at a new conformal coating during a paper session at SMTA International, Semblant has officially launched PlasmaShield. CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY editor in chief Mike Buetow spoke with vice president of worldwide sales and marketing Steve McClure last week. |
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| ECTC in Las Vegas |
What happens in Las Vegas at ECTC, doesn’t stay in Las Vegas, it is shared here. This year’s ECTC, or electronics components technology conference, was held in Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan, May 28-31. |
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Features
| The Impact of Reel Splicing Kits on Setup and Changeover |
Traditional feeder setup using tape-and-reel can drain time. There’s a quick and better way. |
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| Standard Solar Cells vs. Next-Gen Cells: Which is Winning? |
Overcapacity is stalling the rate of improvement, but only for so long. |
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Products
Viscom Announces SI 7.46 AOI Software Release
Software release SI 7.46 reduces AOI inspection times through improved optimization of travel paths. Integrates Library Manager to assign new inspection patterns more quickly and easily, easing use...
Software release SI 7.46 reduces AOI inspection times through improved optimization of travel paths. Integrates Library Manager to assign new inspection patterns more quickly and easily, easing use...


