SEHO North America, Inc., a worldwide leading supplier of complete solutions for soldering processes and automated production lines, will host its 2025 SEHO Academy training on October 7-8 at the North America Technology Center in Erlanger, KY. The program will feature expert contributions from guest speakers representing Alpha, KIC, and South-Tek Systems.

If you need best practices you can put to work immediately, the SEHO Academy is the place to be. Designed for electronics manufacturing professionals, the training offers a well-balanced mix of theory and hands-on application. Participants will gain practical knowledge to improve production quality and lower manufacturing costs. Topics include detailed process insights into selective and wave soldering, preventive maintenance strategies, and real-world troubleshooting techniques.

Attendees will learn how to identify and correct common soldering defects, understand key process parameters, and optimize overall soldering performance. Special focus will be placed on system precision, the impact of regular maintenance, and the effective use of software and analytical tools to boost equipment efficiency.
The agenda is completed by presentations from industry experts, who will share current findings and discuss relevant market trends and technological developments.

The SEHO Academy courses can be booked as standalone sessions for either wave or selective soldering, or as a combined two-day program. Additionally, SEHO North America offers a limited number of appointments for users wishing to run their own assemblies on the systems in the technology center.

The training on October 7-8 is part of the established SEHO Academy program held regularly in both Germany and North America, with more than 1700 participants worldwide to date.
Well-trained personnel are essential to increasing throughput, reducing cycle times, enhancing quality, minimizing defects, and lowering overall production costs.

Visit the event page now to learn more and secure your spot: https://www.seho.de/en/seho-academy-north-america/.

BANGALORE – Viscom, a global leader in automated optical and X-ray inspection, is set to spotlight its latest advancements in AI at productronica India 2025. From September 17–19 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) attendees can meet Viscom’s experts, at Hall 4, Booth No: H11 to explore the future of electronics manufacturing inspection.

Viscom’s AI-driven solutions are designed to be strategic enablers for electronics manufacturers aiming for 100% defect-free products. Effective inspection relies on proven concepts and methods, such as robust algorithms, precise 3D measurement techniques, and high-resolution image processing.

Building on these foundations, Viscom offers additional AI-powered tools for their inspection systems. Explore Viscom’s smart AI solutions vAI, including AI-based verification, AI-supported image processing and inspection program generation at the productronica India.

Guido Bornemann, head of sales Asia, states: “Viscom's vAI products are designed to advance the automation of machine processes, tackle complex inspection tasks, and deliver faster results. Developed in-house by our team of AI experts and tested in the field with selected customers, these applications can be integrated into real production environments step-by-step and tailored to individual needs. Viscom emphasizes transparency in AI quality, ensuring complete process control for our customers.”

In addition, learn more about the advantages of Viscom’s fully integrated 3D AXI, MXI, AOI, and SPI inspection bundles, which offer significant benefits when sourced from one supplier. Customers benefit from streamlined operations with one set of spare parts, unified software, and seamless communication across the inspection line.

Central to this integration is Viscom’s Quality Uplink software, which intelligently connects inspection images and results from SPI, AOI, AXI and MXI systems. This ensures more efficient process control, support operators at the verification station, reduce human error, and enables the development of improved inspection strategies.

By storing inspection data across all systems, manufacturers gain full traceability and can perform downstream process analyses to enhance productivity, increase first-pass yield, reduce costs, and ultimately improve product quality.

Visitors will also get hands-on experience with Viscom’s software platform, vConnect, which sets a new standard in digital connectivity and process integration across production lines. Via the multipurpose-platform customers can also access Viscom’s vAI Hub: it brings all AI-related processes into one environment. This centralized approach ensures fast adaptation and seamless integration into existing production processes. From void detection in X-ray images to verification of potential defects, the vAl Hub keeps AI implementation efficient and user-friendly.

Meet the Viscom India Team at productronica India 2025 to explore how AI is transforming inspection and visit Hall 4, Booth: H11 to see how Viscom’s AI solutions can elevate your production.

About Viscom

Founded in 1984, Viscom SE is one of the leading suppliers worldwide in the field of assembly inspection within electronics production. With its headquarters and production site in Hanover, Germany, the company develops, produces and sells high-quality inspection systems from the areas of AOI, SPI, AXI, MXI, wire bond inspection as well as conformal coating inspection. The systems developed and manufactured in Hanover set high standards in terms of accuracy and speed. The product range covers the complete spectrum of optical inspection and X-ray inspection for small and medium-sized companies as well as for large series production. Viscom systems are used for 100% automatic inspection of electronic assemblies such as those used in the production of automotive electronics, aerospace technology or in the manufacture of telecommunications electronics.

Product development also focuses on customer-specific system developments and networking with other production processes for smart factory applications. In order to achieve this, Viscom SE increasingly invests in its own software and hardware development which is constantly defining new standards in inspection technology.

International sales are handled by a broad network of its own subsidiaries, application centers, service centers and representatives. A service team of in-house technicians and application specialists commission Viscom systems worldwide, offering maintenance, conversion and modernization from a single source. In addition, system-specific training courses are offered for customers’ operators, programmers and maintenance personnel. Experienced engineers and technicians from the application and service departments share their expert knowledge with participants.

Viscom SE has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2006 (ISIN: DE0007846867).

About Exacom

Exacom GmbH develops X-ray metrology systems for high-quality and cost-effective inline inspection of battery cells. The company has a wide expertise in defect detection and process optimization from research and development to mass production. The advanced solutions cover a wide range of cell formats, including coin, cylindrical, pouch and prismatic cells. Exacom is part of the strong German group Viscom SE.

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Atlanta – ECIA’s 2025 Executive Conference Committee is pleased to announce that the program for the October conference is complete. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Amped UP, the Power of Tomorrow.” The 2025 Executive Conference takes place October 19-21, 2025, at a NEW LOCATION, the Westin O’Hare Hotel.

"The 2025 ECIA Executive Conference Core Committee was inspired by the rapid advancements in technology shaping the electronics industry and selected a theme that captures the opportunities ahead,” explained Maryellen Stack, Director of Marketing Communications, Sager Electronics, and this year’s conference chair. “‘Amped Up. The Power of Tomorrow.’ is more than just a theme—it’s a call to action. It reflects the energy, transformative innovation, collaboration, and resilience driving our future. We are committed to delivering a conference that not only tackles the hard topics but also ignites—and powers—new ideas to lead our businesses forward.”

The conference committee considers survey results, feedback from previous years’ attendees, and current market conditions when selecting a theme. With supply chain disruptions, tariff uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval top of mind for strategic planners, theme selection was particularly important.

“Now that the conference program and speakers are finalized, the work of the Speaker Vetting committee really ramps up,” noted Stephanie Tierney, ECIA's Director of Marketing Communications and Member Engagement. ”They must work with each of the speakers to fine tune and prep the presentations to ensure that the topics are specific to our industry and the content flows together logically and doesn’t overlap or repeat. The theme sets the agenda reflecting the excitement of collaboration in our future. The 2025 Executive Conference Core Committee is working hard to deliver a top-notch experience.”

Sponsorships are filling fast! This Conference offers personal access to industry experts, ample time to discuss important issues and critical networking opportunities. Spotlight your company by becoming a sponsor. Several sponsorship levels are available as well as the opportunity to support a particular event or session.

Contact Stephanie Tierney: stierney@ecianow.org for more information or visit the sponsorship page.

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