ATLANTA – Stencils are often overlooked or taken for granted, but offer ample opportunities for process improvement and even cost savings.
Those were the takeaways from Photo Stencil regional sales manager Skye McDaniel, who on Thursday offered up an informative and occasionally humorous presentation on stencil selection at the Atlanta SMTA chapter meeting.
SAN JOSE, CA – North American manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.39 billion in orders in August and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.83, according to SEMI.
HELSINKI – Sampo Bank opposes the planned merger of subsidiary PCB maker Aspocomp Oy with its parent company, a merger decided on in May by the board of Aspocomp Group Oyj.
Aspocomp will consider available options, the company reports.
The planned registration date for the merger was Sept. 30.
Sampo Life Insurance Co. owns a roughly 4% stake in Aspocomp Group Oyj, down from more than 10% earlier this year. Sampo Life is part of the same group as Sampo Bank.
LEWISTON, MN – RiverSide Electronics has achieved ISO 13485:2003 medical certification, the company reports. ISO 13485:2003 is the international quality management standard for manufacturers of medical devices. Emphasis is placed on risk management, material traceability, process qualification, and software validation.
“ISO 13485:2003 certification strengthens our core competencies and positions us for continued growth,” GM Gregg Reick said in a statement.
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL – BEST Inc. announced the launch of its SMT manufacturing class, a training course designed for technicians, operators, engineers and other personnel new to SMT assembly who would like to deepen their knowledge about the steps involved in the manufacturing of electronics assemblies.
The classes consist of practical assembly techniques, hands-on demonstrations, local area plant tours, subject matter expert explanations and classroom lectures.
Students are exposed to a combination of lab/plant tour information and classroom lectures.
The next class is in November in Rolling Meadows, IL.
NEW YORK — Dover Corp. yesterday said it will reorganize into four business segments and restate some results to reflect the new structure.
The conglomerate reduced its recent earnings per share of continuing operations due to the reaccounting of two now-discontinued businesses: Crenlo and Graphics Microsystems.
The company said it restated the past three years of financial reports, but did not provide further details.
Under the new structure, the four segments will be industrial products, engineered systems, fluid management and electronic technologies. The latter includes such companies as DEK, Everett-Charles Technologies, OK International and Ovation, among others.
In a statement, Dover said the reorganization will help save on costs, make the company simpler to understand for investors, and give a clearer direction to future acquisitions.