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DEARBORN, MI – The Society of Manufacturing Engineers and its Electronics Manufacturing Tech Group named Professor R. Wayne Johnson winner of its 2007 Total Excellence in Electronics Manufacturing Award. The annual award recognizes extraordinary dedication and innovation in setting new or higher levels of achievement in electronics manufacturing. Johnson is a professor of electrical engineering at Auburn University and director of the Laboratory for Electronics Assembly and Packaging (LEAP). At Auburn, he has established teaching and research laboratories for advanced packaging and electronics manufacturing. His research efforts are focused on the materials, processing, and reliability aspects of electronics manufacturing. Current projects include lead-free electronics assembly, mixed lead-free and Sn/Pb electronics assembly, wafer-level packaging, flip-chip assembly, assembly of ultra thin Si die, and electronics packaging for extreme environments. He has published 52 journal papers, 135 conference papers, six book chapters and co-edited one book on electronics packaging and electronics manufacturing. Johnson holds one U.S. patent.
EL SEGUNDO, CA – After experiencing a drop in surplus inventory at the end of fourth quarter, semiconductor stockpiles in the supply chain continued to decline in the first quarter as result of previous production cuts by chip manufacturers, according to iSuppli Corp.
MARLBOROUGH, MA – Flomerics reported sales rose 24% to $27.8 million in 2006, and gross profits climbed 30% to $2.9 million, before taxes and other charges. A key factor was the company’s July acquisition of Nika. Global sales of Nika’s Engineering Fluid Dynamics software grew 33% in 2006. Excluding revenues from Nika, sales grew 13% to $25.3 million for the year. Sales of Flomerics’ Flotherm and Flo/PCB increased 11%, while revenues from MicReD were up 80%. Revenue from Flo/EMC and MicroStripes grew 4%, and Flomerics’ Flovent product’s revenue grew 24%.
ITASCA, IL – Kester became the latest solder vendor to announce a surcharge on silver- and tin-containing solder paste products. The price increase will take effect 30 days from customer notification. As has been noted, metal costs have been increasing steadily for the past year and show no signs of retreating during the balance of 2007. As a result, solder vendors are passing along the higher costs to their customers. Kester is the third major supplier to announce a surcharge in recent weeks; the others were Cookson and Indium. The surcharges on Kester’s solder paste products are based on the difference between current metal costs and those from January 2006. The surcharge will be eliminated when tin and silver prices return to January 2006 levels, Kester said.
LOUISVILLE -- Just days after reiterating plans to lay off up to 1,500 workers, Solectron Corp. opened a 500,000 sq. ft. services center here and said it would hire up to 700 workers in the next 12 months.
The facility will perform parts fulfillment and repair for consumer electronics like cellphones.
The facility will perform parts fulfillment and repair for consumer electronics like cellphones.
LOHJA, FINLAND -- Elcoteq's chief executive today confirmed earlier reports the EMS firm would close its Lohja manufacturing plant and lay off a total of 242 employees by August.
The company said 215 workers would be affected by the Lohja plant closing. Another 27 would be laid off as part of changes to its NPI organization.
The company said 215 workers would be affected by the Lohja plant closing. Another 27 would be laid off as part of changes to its NPI organization.
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