| Report: Apple Fires Supplier After Audit Uncovers Underage Workers |
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| Written by Mike Buetow | |||
| Friday, 25 January 2013 11:18 | |||
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WUZHOU, GUANGHXI ZHUANG, CHINA -- Apple reportedly has cut ties with one of its printed circuit board makers here following a spate of violations involving use of underage workers. Apple is said to have ceased a outsourcing certain work to Guangdong Real Faith Pingzhou Electronics (PZ) following the discovery of 74 cases of underage workers. Audits also revealed a series of forged documents involving underage workers. PZ supplies LED components and assemblies.
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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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