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TIANJIN, CHINA – Bohai Electronics Week 2008 will open its doors Nov. 10 - 12 at the Tianjin International Exhibition Center.
 
Some 5000 attendees are expected to visit more than 100 vendors from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and North America. Companies exhibiting include A&P, Autoveyor, Ellsworth, Evest, Mirae, MIRTEC, Musashi, Nihon Superior, Panasonic, Shimadzu, Toshiba, Tronic and more.
 
The trade show features products and services from components and assembly technology to quality control and subcontracting services and is sponsored by Reed Exhibitions China.
 
The event will include a live demonstration of a full SMT line, and SMTA China North Conference 2008 will be held in conjunction with BEW. Key topics will include 01005 assembly, 3-D SiP, challenges of PCB fabrication and surface finishes, flex circuit assembly, and manufacturing engineering.
 
For more information, visit www.nepconchina.com.
 
 
EL PASO, TX – Krayden Inc., a distributor of engineered polymer solution materials, will offer Pb-free solders and free board protection seminars with Dow Corning at Mexitronica.
 
Mexitronica will be held in Guadalajara Oct. 21-23.

Krayden’s seminars also can be done at customers’ facilities.
BEAVERTON, ORA-Laser, a provider of laser-cutting services, has expanded its hours of operations to meet demands of just-in-time manufacturers.
 
The firm is now running three shifts to enable 24-hr. capacity.
 
Increased demand has resulted from shrinking profiles and strict tolerance requirements of most electronics and medical components, A-Laser says.
 
A-Laser is a division of FCT Assembly.
 
TAIPEI – The China Economic News Service is reporting Foxconn is considering layoffs of up to 10 to 15% of its staff by year-end.
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ERIE, PA – Contract manufacturer Sunburst Electronics is in the final stages of gaining ISO 13485 certification: a quality management standard for medical device manufacturing.

The company plans to extend its medical device industry reach as a result.

Through ISO 13485 certification, Sunburst will incorporate specific quality standards for risk management, meeting customer and regulatory requirements, and process management for medical device manufacturing.

Certification is pending by early 2009.
NATICK, MA – Cognex is offering traceability solutions seminars this fall. The seminars will discuss part traceability solutions for factory automation and how this can increase throughput; lower cost within the manufacturing domain; increase value add, and lower support/service costs in supply chain. 
 
Seminar locations include Portland; Indianapolis; Rolling Meadows, IL; Temecula, CA; Seattle; Dearborn, MI; Atlanta; Hunt Valley, MD; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Montreal; Norwood, MA; Greenville, SC; Toronto; Toledo, OH; and Grand Rapids, MI.
 

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