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FEATURES

  • RoHS Transition
    Producing RoHS-Compliant Assemblies at SMC
    A blow-by-blow account of how one mid-tier EMS company made the switch.
    Don Taylor

  • Cover Story
    After the Fire
    Before dawn the phone rings. The caller informs: "The factory is burning." One EMS company's journey through catastrophic loss, and their lessons learned on contingency planning.
    Art Rutledge and Kim Boykin

  • Nepcon China Recap
    Just for Show
    The show is bursting at its seams, despite problems with the building - and some rogue exhibitors.
    Mike Buetow

FIRST PERSON

  • Caveat Lector
    Blowing smoke.
    Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

  • Focus on Business
    The work breakdown structure.
    Dr. Jonathan Linton

  • Global Sourcing
    The "true" China price.
    Mike Buetow

TECH TALK

  • Screen Printing
    It's not the tools' fault.
    Joe Belmonte

  • Better Manufacturing
    The end of the world is at hand.
    Dr. H.J. Zapfardt

  • Soldering Tips
    Reflow profiling power PCBs.
    American Competitiveness Institute

  • Wave Soldering
    How's your pallet?
    Gerjan Diepstraten

  • Test and Inspection
    SPI now, no defects later.
    Jeff Harrell

  • Countdown to Pb-Free
    One month left until RoHS.
    Robert C. Pfahl and Kurt R. Goldsmith

  • Technical Abstracts

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On the cover: How Fawn Electronics recovered from a fire that devastated the EMS plant. (Courtesy Fawn Electronics)

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