INDIANAPOLIS – Specialty Coating Systems will host a free webinar on Dec. 1: Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing the Reliability of Innovative Technologies.

The 60-minute webinar will provide an overview of ultra-thin, pinhole-free Parylene coatings; Parylene’s properties that enhance reliability of components; how Parylene is applied to result in ultra-thin conformal coatings; examples of applications that benefit from Parylene’s properties; new advances that have been made in adhesion technologies, and advanced applications for Parylene.

For more information, visit www.SCSwebinars.com.

MUNICH – Initial thoughts from Productronica, where the weather was brisk outside, but starting to heat up inside.

Traffic was a bit slow relative to past years. The show itself seems smaller – and again, this is relative, as it remains bigger than almost all the other major electronics assembly trade shows combined – with traditional powerhouses like Siemens, Universal Instruments and other placement companies occupying booths that, while they would still qualify as monstrous at any other show, no longer fill entire halls on their own. (This is a good thing.)

AUSTIN – A new TechSearch International survey reveals market growth and the latest developments for fan-out wafer level packages.

BRATISLAVA – Samsung Electronics plans to invest $123 million to modernize its Slovak operations and to prepare for production of new TVs, say published reports.