San Diego — KIC, Henkel Technologies, DEK, Engent, Vitronics Soltec and OK International will co-sponsor a lead-free workshop this Thursday and Friday at DEK’s facility in Schaumburg, IL. 
 
This hands-on training program is designed for engineers and engineering management, and will provide a broader knowledge of lead-free materials interactions, and a greater understanding of the process including advantages and limitations. A sample lead-free board will be produced and taken away by each attendee. Engineering and technical representatives will be available for one-on-one discussion.
 
The workshop will feature hands-on production floor training in the following areas:
· Screen printing surface-mount adhesives and solder paste, and placement
· Reflow profiling
· Inspection/analytical
· Rework
· Wave.
 
For agenda and additional information: kicthermal.com/index.html.
Reservations must be made in advance.
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WORCESTER, MA -- Although some designs are pushing 10 Gb/s, a handful of connector and backplane manufacturers agreed that most designs continue to fall in the 3.125 to 6 Gb/s range.

Exhibiting at DesignCon East this week, Tyco and FCI, among others, claimed most interest remains centered in the mid-range, despite talk of high er speed applications.

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The company develops and supports innovative manufacturing processes around the core of welding, robotic, software and circuit manufacturing technologies.

ENDICOTT, NY -- Endicott Interconnect Technologies has achieved "Approved Vendor Status" for PWB design, fabrication and circuit card assembly by Raytheon Computer Products, a business unit of Raytheon's Network Centric Systems Division.

Endicott Interconnect supplies PCBs, organic chip carriers and first- and second-level assemblies to the defense and aerospace markets. It also suppliers chip packaging, PCBs, electronic assemblies, electro-mechanical equipment and services to the computer, telecommunications and communications markets.