News
SAN BRUNO, CA – Worldwide Manufacturing USA Inc. announced record second-quarter revenues of just over $4 million, an increase of approximately 43% year-over-year.
TEDDINGTON, UK – The National Physical Laboratory seeks input for its electronics defects database.
Available soon at http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk, the confidential database will amass common problems and make images freely available for engineers to implement corrective actions in processes or designs.
NPL is circulating three surveys to establish the most common problems experienced or highlighted. The surveys are aimed at PCB manufacturers/distributors/brokers (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/pcb.pdf); component manufacturers & distributors (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/components.pdf); and printed circuit board assembly companies (http://defectsdatabase.npl.co.uk/surveys/assembly.pdf).
Surveys are available to download; when results are compiled, a copy of the full results will be available.
ST. PETERSBURG – EMS/ODM Foxconn Electronics plans to invest at least $50 million constructing a plant near St. Petersburg, local reports say.
According to the report, Foxconn will build several HP product lines at the plant, including PCs, LCD monitors and network gear to be sold in Russia and worldwide, the company says.
The company earlier said the suburban St. Petersburg construction site would total 60,000 sq. meters.
WASHINGTON, DC – Comments via the TBT process on Norway's Prohibition on Certain Hazardous Substances in Consumer Products regulation, known as “PoHS,” are due Aug. 10.
MANASSAS, VA – Zestron America recently completed a series of experimental tests confirming Vigon SC 200 to be fully compatible with organic solderability preservative misprinted board cleaning, the company reports.
The testing was conducted at Zestron’s technical center using a variety of lead and lead-free materials from solder paste manufacturers.
The experiments were conducted in ultrasonic and spray-in-air equipment. Variation in spray pressure ranging from 30 to 50 psi and ultrasonic frequency ranging from 10 to 20 watts per liter were considered, says Zestron.
The MPC technology-based cleaning agent was deliberately tested at 122°F to examine the worst-case scenario. Each misprinted board wash process was followed by two minutes of DI-water rinse and drying with hot circulated air for 15 minutes.
Excellent compatibility testing with OSP misprinted board cleaning was achieved at a maximum exposure time ranging from two to four minutes, depending on the solder paste formulation, the company says.
TORONTO – EMS provider SMTC Corp. reported revenue of $66.1 million for the second quarter, an increase of 8% year-over-year.
Press Releases
- Strengthening SEMI Business (Semiconductor Back-End Process) in the European Market
- New White Paper Highlights How Shrinking Solder Powder Sizes Increase Cleaning Complexity in Advanced Packaging
- Distron Corporation Becomes First U.S. Electronics Manufacturer to Deploy Keiron’s LIFT-Based Precision Printing Technology
- AIM Solder Appoints Angel Lopez as Technical Support Engineer in North America