LITTLETON, MA – Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services will relocate to a new facility here in late March.
 
The 60,000 sq. ft. test center is three times the size of its existing building, and reportedly the largest comparable electronics test laboratory in the eastern US.
 
It is outfitted with test equipment for assessing and certifying virtually all electronics, such as wireless devices, telecommunications equipment, computers, servers, laboratory instruments, medical devices and consumer electronics.
 
The company employs 60 workers in Littleton.
 
 

BUCKS, UK – The Smart Group, a group of SMT engineers in the UK, will kick off its Silver Anniversary with a special conference and exhibition in October.
 
The event, which takes place in Oxfordshire on Oct. 22, will feature a number of speakers, including headliners Doug Pauls and Dave Hillman of Rockwell Collins, and a tabletop exhibition.
 
Other events are being planned for the year, culminating in a conference and exhibition next fall.
 
Engineers formed the Smart Group to meet the challenge of SMT. The vision has changed to embrace all the new technology developments and environmental concerns, including design, PCB manufacture, all components, assembly, test and reliability, rework and repair.
 
Further events will be announced at www.smartgroup.org.