SHANGHAI --
UGS, a provider of product lifecycle management software and
services, announced that Alcatel-Shanghai Bell has selected its Tecnomatix
eM-Execution software for its board assembly operations and to provide traceability support and lead-free compliance.
Alcatel-Shanghai Bell will implement eM-Execution to provide
full component, product and process traceability to comply with both
customer and regulatory requirements. Alcatel-Shanghai Bell is also the
launch customer for the new eM-Execution Lead Free solution as it
prepares to meet the July 1, 2006 RoHS regulations.
"As the telecom solutions provider, we will continue to
improve our product and process traceability to ensure quick response
to market demands. We rely on UGS to further improve our shop floor
data collection, analysis and management to meet the new Lead Free
regulations," said Martin Lehnich, executive vice president of Alcatel-Shanghai Bell.
Tecnomatix is the digital manufacturing brand of UGS,
which acquired Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. on April 1.
LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND -- Cadence Design has closed its design services unit in Scotland's "Silicon Glen" and up to 60 staff are expected to lose their jobs.
In a published report, the company confirmed it had put its local design services staff
on a 30-day consultation period from April 10, and that
"a significant number" of the 90 staff were likely to lose their jobs.
Tim Barnes, vice president for marketing at Cadence, said, "We made
a strategic decision two years ago to focus on our software products,
which design and develop integrated circuits for semiconductor makers
and others.
"As part of this strategy, we must balance our design-service capabilities as makes sense. Our core business is software."
ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc., a provider of electronics manufacturing services, has fully integrated a completely lead-free manufacturing process into its Pittsburgh facility, the company said today.
LaBarge handles materials, manufacture and testing of assemblies for customers whose products must comply with new European environmental legislation.
Everything from components sourcing to soldering applications has been updated, the company said.