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