MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The SMTA announced the call for participation for the International Conference for Electronics Hardware Enabling Technologies (ICEHET) held on June 2-4, 2020 in Markham, ON, Canada. The deadline to submit an abstract is January 24, 2020.

MENTOR, OH ― January 2020 ― Libra Industries, a privately held electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, is pleased to announce that Cory McMaster, Manufacturing Manager and Glenn Watson, Quality Manager have recently received their Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. As professionals, they can now explain Six Sigma philosophies and principles, including supporting systems and tools. As Black Belts, they have a thorough understanding of all aspects of the define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) model in accordance with Six Sigma principles.

FREMONT, CA — January 2020 — Datest, a leading provider of advanced, efficient and mission-critical in-circuit testing, test engineering and X-ray inspection solutions, announces that it will exhibit the SMTA Rocky Mountain Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 at the West Club at Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO. Datest is the tote bag sponsor for the Expo. Robert Boguski and Regina Lathrop will give attendees an overview of the company’s latest equipment acquisition – a 160kV ValuCT system from VJ Technologies, which became operational in September 2019.

If you plan to be at APEX this year (February 1-6; San Diego), join us February 5, 1:30-5:00 p.m., for iNEMI’s technology forum with panel and Q&A sessions discussing PCB challenges and needs in emerging applications.