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VIENNA – Werner Engelmaier, president of Engelmaier Associates, has received the TGM-Exner-Medal from Technologisches Gewerbe Museum and the Austria Government, just the 14th recipient in the 90-year history of the award.

ST. LOUIS -- Viasystems reported first-quarter sales dropped 31.6% from a year ago to $123.4 million as demand for automotive and telecom PCBs plunged.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A new white paper attempts to clarify facts and misconceptions surrounding high-density interconnect and dispute the sentiment that the North American PCB industry cannot produce HDI boards.

BUENA PARK, CA -- A leading trade group of electronics component distributors has issued a set of more stringent standards to ensure the integrity of semiconductors and other key electronics components.

WASHINGTON -- A new House bill proposes to prohibit the manufacture after July 1, 2010 of “electroindustry products” that contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (“PBBs”), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (“PBDEs”) above the maximum concentration levels specified in the European Union’s RoHS Directive.

AUSTIN, TX -- Mobile phones are ringing up big sales for touch screen makers as about 220 million units were shipped for mobile phone applications in 2008. And the penetration rate in 2008 -- 16% -- will reach nearly 40% by 2015, says DisplaySearch.

EL SEGUNDO, CA – Despite optimistic remarks from EMS providers and ODMs, the global contract manufacturing industry is unlikely to experience a dramatic recovery in the near-term, says iSuppli Corp.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – A host of trade groups today released a guide detailing the minimum requirements for material declaration in accordance with the EU REACH regulations.

The Consumer Electronics Association, DigitalEurope, JGPSSI and IPC jointly announced release of Joint Industry Guide – Material Composition Declaration for Electrotechnical Products.

JIG-101 Ed. 2.0 is a materials declaration guide said to facilitate reporting of material content information across the global electrotechnical supply chain. The document encompasses the latest regulatory requirements, including the REACH directive. The guide focuses on the substances to declare.

It is available for free download from at www.ipc.org/jig-101.

AUSTIN, TX — First quarter global TV shipments declined 6% year-over-year to 43.3 million units, down 25% sequentially on seasonal trends.

SAN JOSE -- Calling the smart grid's potential "100 or 1,000 times larger than the Internet," Cisco Systems today announced plans to roll out a series of routers and switches aimed at controlling electrical use across the nation's energy networks and into homes.

SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries today reported its Electronic Systems division's first-quarter sales rose 22% over last year to $16.2 million.

COVENTRY, UK – Dr. Peter Barnwell, chairman of Custom Interconnect, will keynote the Smart Group conference Electronics Technology ‘09.

The event will be held Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 in Coventry, UK.

Barnwell’s presentation, The Role of an Independent EMS Company in the UK – and Some Observations from the USA, will highlight critical services and will draw a comparison with his experience of large high-volume manufacturers in the USA. It will include information about competitive pressures; advantages of UK manufacture; key needs for a successful company; the problems facing large, very high-volume manufacturers; personal experience in the US market, and what the future holds.

For more information about the event, contact info@smartgroup.org.