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NORTHFIELD, IL -- Fewer owners and managers of small manufacturing companies during the third quarter expressed confidence in their business prospects for the next 12 months, the Small Business Research Board reported today. Forty-five percent expect revenues to increase during the next 12 months, a seven point decline sequentially.
SACRAMENTO -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday vetoed a bill that proposed to significantly expand the RoHS statutes mandated by the California Waste Recycling Act.
DALLAS, TX – Integrated Test Corp., manufacturer of automated test equipment for PCBs, has expanded its presence in Asia with a sales and applications office in Taiwan.
This location will service the Pacific Rim, other Asian companies, and offshore operations of existing U.S. customers, Integrated Test says.
FRANKLIN, MA – Speedline Technologies will offer a free Webinar on stencil design and its role in defect reduction and process cycle time improvement.
The Webinar will take place Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. EST.
Areas of discussion will include an overview of the printing process, basics of stencil design, and the impact of design on defect reduction and cycle time. In addition, several “real world” stencil designs successful in eliminating manufacturing defects will be discussed.
To register, visit www.speedlinetech.com/seminars.
The Webinar will take place Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. EST.
Areas of discussion will include an overview of the printing process, basics of stencil design, and the impact of design on defect reduction and cycle time. In addition, several “real world” stencil designs successful in eliminating manufacturing defects will be discussed.
To register, visit www.speedlinetech.com/seminars.
LOHJA, FINLAND — An Elcoteq subsidiary today signed a deal to sell its manufacturing facility here to Sponda Kiinteistörahasto for 6.3 million euros. The transaction will be executed as a real estate deal, with ownership being transferred from the subsidiary, Kiinteistö Oy Piiharju, to Sponda by Oct. 31.
INDIANAPOLIS – Specialty Coating Systems has completed its acquisition of Parylene Japan K.K.
The deal was finalized Sept. 14.
SCS will do business in Japan as Parylene Japan Inc. (Nihon Parylene Kabushiki Gaisha) and will continue to be led by president Eddie Narita.
The 10,000 sq.-ft. Tokyo facility is ISO 9001:2000 certified and includes two Class 10K cleanrooms.
PJKK, a joint venture between SCS and Three Bond Co. Ltd., was established in 1990 to provide Parylene conformal coating services and technologies in Japan.
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