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HELSINKI — Greg Grace will leave his position as Incap’s Director of Operations Estonia and Managing Director of Incap Estonia. The recruitment process for a new Director of Operations Estonia and Managing Director of Incap Estonia will begin immediately. Margus Jakobson, Member of the Incap Estonia Management Team responsible for QHSE, is appointed as interim Managing Director of Incap Estonia with immediate effect.

“I thank Greg Grace for his time in Incap and his contribution to the Estonian team’s work,” says Otto Pukk, President and CEO of Incap Corporation.

The members of Incap Group’s Management Team are currently Otto Pukk, President and CEO; Murthy Munipalli, Director of Operations India and Sales APAC; Jamie Maughan, Director of Operations UK; Miroslav Michalik, Director of Operations Slovakia and Antti Pynnönen, CFO.

DALLAS — CalcuQuote, a supply chain solution partner for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce an integration with EVE GmbH, a trusted source for electronic components and cable manufacturing.

“We’re happy to work with EVE GmbH,” says CalcuQuote CEO, Chintan Sutaria. “Through this integration, CalcuQuote customers will have better access to meet their various conductor and cable needs. This is especially exciting for CQ customers within the German market.”

"The integration with CalcuQuote helps us to connect to our customers in our home market and creates greater visibility of our company in Europe and overseas" says Hendrik Werning, Sales Manager for EVE GmbH.

EVE has been a distributor of electronic components for 36 years and counting. Specializing in offering individual concepts for businesses across the electronics industry, EVE provides cost-effective solutions for more than 7,000 customers.

CalcuQuote works with more than 200 electronics companies to solve complex problems with industry-leading solutions. EVE GmbH’s integration with CalcuQuote solutions allows for additional sourcing resources for both CQ as well as EVE GmbH customers alike. To learn more about CalcuQuote, visit www.calcuquote.com.

WASHINGTON, MO ― SASinno Americas is pleased to announce its new demonstration center in Washington. The facility houses an Ant-i1 offline selective soldering machine and SELMATE-4 N2 generator for demonstrations. The center is focused on through- hole soldering technology, including selective and wave soldering.

“As a selective soldering machine manufacturer driven by innovation, this is a very important step in the North American market for SASinno Americas,” stated Leo Peng, CEO. “It will play a critical role for market development, technical support, training, service and parts support etc. North American customers can get demos and support locally, and talk with soldering gurus. Meanwhile in the long-term, it will enable us to work closer with local customers and develop more interesting features and machines for this market.”

The Ant-i1 includes a drop jet fluxer, a bottom preheating zone and optional top preheating zone, and solder pot with 15 kg capacity. It can handle boards up to 350mm L x 260mm W and manually rotates boards to 180 degrees.

The new facility enables SASinno to provide local service for its partners in the U.S.

For more information about SASInno Americas, visit www.sasinnoamericas.com.

DALLAS — CalcuQuote, a supply chain solutions provider for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest European Business Development Manager. Based in Munich, Nour Labiedh will join the team to continue to drive the company’s European sales, alongside the company’s existing European team members, and will be present at electronica with the rest of the CalcuQuote team.

"Having worked in purchasing, I know firsthand the pain of working nights and weekends crunching line items in Microsoft Excel," says Labiedh. "CalcuQuote offers customers the option to avoid these difficulties by embracing digital transformation. I'm incredibly excited to be a part of an organization that moves the industry forward in this way."

Labiedh’s experience in the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry as a purchaser combined with her sales experience with global electronics distribution has given her a deep understanding and passion for supply chain specifications and challenges. She is excited to offer CalcuQuote’s global supply chain solutions for EMS. Labiedh will promote the company’s supply chain solutions to help customers reduce cycle times, increase efficiency and create the seamless sharing of relevant data, allowing purchasing departments to focus on what matters.

For more information about CalcuQuote, visit www.calcuquote.com.

PENANG, MALAYSIA — ViTrox, which aims to be the world’s most trusted technology company for the semiconductor and electronic packaging industries, is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our upcoming User Group Meeting (UGM) in Malaysia very soon!

This UGM is considered our momentous one as it marks our final UGM for 2022, especially after hosting numerous ones internationally in various countries. This event marks our first in-house physical UGM in our Campus 2.0 after the pandemic, which we have been anticipating as it will be a great opportunity for us to meet up with our local and overseas customers after a long time. In addition to that, our valued customers will have the opportunity to personally experience our company culture and enjoy a warm welcome from us, on top of gaining the latest product information and technologies we offer. This one-day exclusive event will be held on 8th December 2022, from 0800 to 1830 (MYT), and hosted in our very own ViTrox Campus 2.0, located in Batu Kawan, Penang, Malaysia.

For this UGM, we aim to share the latest solutions and technologies that we provide to address the current SMT challenges faced by users. For the exclusive event, three keynote speakers will commemorate it with warm welcoming speeches, followed by informative and noteworthy product sharings. These sharings will revolve around ViTrox’s SMT PCBA Vision Inspection Solutions series, ranging from SPI, AOI, AXI, ARV, and V-ONE with live product demonstrations to uplift our customers’ product knowledge through deep-dive explanations! This unique, prestigious event will be highly beneficial as our valued customers will be able to understand the breakthrough technologies of ViTrox SMT inspection solutions and the current market trends better.

This event serves as a two-way interactive platform between ViTrox and our honorable customers. An added bonus about this event would be the spectacular networking opportunities for us and our valued customers as we will be having both local and international guests. With all these efforts, it would be a fruitful experience for our customers.

To make this event more memorable, complimentary lunch and light meals prepared by ViTrox’s very-own in-house V-Chefs will be served to our valued customers. We aim to offer an exceptional experience from ViTrox and a great networking opportunity for our customers. For more information, feel free to contact Mr. Lim Fung Cheng (fung-cheng.lim@vitrox.com), Mr. Ang Hock Leong (hock-leong.ang@vitrox.com), Ms. Tina Khor Bee Kim (bee-kim.khor@vitrox.com), or Ms. Soong Wan Lin (wan-lin.soong@vitrox.com). We hope to see you soon!

TORONTO — Working closely with Altus Group, Sellectronics, a leading contract electronics manufacturer specialising in quick turn-around prototype assembly and low volume/high mix production, has recently invested in Koh Young’s 3D AOI inspection equipment to further enhance production.

Recognised for its innovative, high-quality PCB assembly, Sellectronics continually invest in leading-edge technology to provide assembly excellence. Looking for the equipment that would enable precise inspection, and best performance to price ratio to increase quality further and improve production times, the company approached Altus for guidance.

Jason O’Connell, Sellectronics Technical Director, said: “As the business grows, the company makes many investments in the latest equipment to improve processes and ensure we are capable of providing the most intricate PCB assembly service with the best possible accuracy.”

To help increase inspection precision, Altus recommended the Zenith Alpha HS+ from Koh Young. As a true 3D AOI solution, it is powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, combining the best optomechatronics and vision technologies to deliver outstanding performance without sacrificing accuracy.

Suitable for demanding production lines like those in Sellectrionics, Zenith Alpha HS+ greatly improves process yields by removing the need for manual inspection. In addition, the technology incorporates AI to deliver the accuracy required for ultra-fine pitch and solder joint interreflection challenges to enhance production. It also features KSMART, a measurement-based process analysis solution that allows for Industry 4.0 implementation with reliable full 3D measurement data. Graham Tonkin, Sellectronics Director of Sales and Marketing, said: “Due to the precise and quantifiable measurement of the Koh Young platform, and by exploiting KSMART statistical process capability, our engineering process improvement and quality teams can aggregate real time production information. This not only removes the chances of an escape, but also to study our production processes in detail to improve our yields and drive our quality standards ever higher.”

Joe Booth, Altus Group CEO, concluded: “We are delighted to implement another Alpha HS+ system into the field and establish another new Koh Young user as the momentum of the new these innovative platforms keeps building. This equipment addition is just one of the investments that Sellectronics has made as they continue to deliver top quality electronics manufacturing.”