Industry News

MIRTEC, a global leader in Automated Optical Inspection Technology, announces that its MV-7L In-Line AOI System was named First Finalist in the category of Inspection Equipment & Services during the Advanced Packaging Award ceremony that took place on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at the St. Regis Hotel Conservatory during the SEMICON West exhibition in San Francisco.

Machine Vision Products, Inc. A worldwide leader in Automated Optical inspection for the Micro-electronics, Semiconductor and SMT manufacturing industries today announced that it has received its 75th system order for its recently introduced Ultra 850G Packaging and Micro-electronics Automated Optical Inspection (Micro-electronics AOI) platform.

Kyzen, a world leading provider of environmentally responsible precision cleaning products for the electronics and high-technology manufacturing operations, announces that its AQUANOX® A4241 PCB and Stencil Cleaner won an Advanced Packaging Award in the category of Cleaning Chemistries and was named as a first finalist in the category of Flip Chip Equipment & Materials during the Advanced Packaging Award ceremony that took place on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at the St. Regis Hotel Conservatory during the SEMICON West exhibition in San Francisco.

Aqueous Technologies Corp. announces that Trident, its fourth-generation automatic defluxing system, was awarded two Advanced Packaging Awards in the categories of Cleaning Equipment and Environmentally Friendly during the Advanced Packaging Award ceremony that took place on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at the St. Regis Hotel Conservatory during the SEMICON West exhibition in San Francisco.

BTU International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today was presented with an Advanced Packaging Award in the Reflow Equipment category for its Pyramax 100 reflow oven.

Cemconex, a one day advanced technology conference and table-top exhibition for CEMs and OEMs, is to be held in Timisoara, Romania on October 17th 2008. Featuring a series of high standard workshops and technical papers, the event will address key topics such as reliability, flexible circuits, traceability and automotive applications.

i-PULSE Co., Ltd., of the Yamaha Motor Group, and Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. have established an OEM agreement to deliver a complete CAD-to-Machine NPI solution for i-PULSE assembly machine users, based on Valor’s vPlan production planning tool. i-PULSE showcased the new product at the recent Protec exhibition in Tokyo (June 11-13), and will be marketing it directly to its customers.

By mutual consent with executives at Munich International Trade Fairs, former Managing Director Hans-Joachim Heusler will leave Munich International Trade Fairs as of July 15, 2008 and take over as Managing Director of Bayern International (Bavarian Bureau for International Business Relations) effective the same date.

Wire processing machine specialist, Contax Ltd, has recently installed a new Komax Gamma 333PC-B automatic Cut-Strip-Crimp machine at Numatic International Ltd. As a result, production capacity has now increased by 25 percent with the same staffing levels, so exceeding the Company’s targets.

Valor Computerized Systems Ltd, a global provider of productivity-enhancing software solutions for the electronics industry, announced today the appointment of Hungary-based ELAS as a representative in the electronics assembly market in Hungary.

PROMATION is a full service manufacturer of PCB handling solutions, robotic assembly systems, integrated workstations and warehousing solutions and OMTEC is a manufacturer of pop-up ball transfer solutions.

Essemtec, a leading Swiss manufacturer of production solutions for electronics, has increased its production capacity. On July 3 and 4, 2008, more than 1220 sqm of production and office space were added.

Krayden, Inc., a leading distributor of engineered adhesives, sealants, conformal coating and lead-free solder products announces the appointment of Jill White as the Eastern Area sales manager. Jill has been with Krayden, Inc. since 2006, and brings 10 years of experience in the polymer sales area industry.

Increased demand and popularity has made it imperative for Reed Exhibitions to take the success of COMPONEX NEPCON INDIA, New Delhi to the mushrooming hub of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), Chennai. The city’s EMS market has completely germinated and now attracts the interests of all the serious players of the industry’s market.

The driving forces behind the electronics industry of the future will be the focus of a two-day IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® event in Berlin. The IPC EMS Management Council Meeting and Executive Market & Technology Forum Conference will be held September 10–11, 2008, and feature content experts from around the world presenting on a number of strategic topics to help participants discern and prepare for future industry opportunities and shifts.

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), will issue its financial results for the second quarter of 2008 after the close of trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. At 5:00pm Eastern Time, Amkor management will host a conference call to discuss the company’s financial results.

Frost & Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on Tuesday, 15 July 2008 at 15.00 BST to provide industry participants with an overview of the study focusing on Test & Measuring Equipments Market in Western Europe. In a mature market that is cyclical with the economic trends, suppliers are under pressure to meet customer's demands for more functionality and flexibility with cost effective solutions.

Krayden, Inc., a leading distributor of engineered adhesives sealants, conformal coatings and lead free solder technology announces that Bob Catardi of Krayden, Inc. Chicago was awarded “top distributor seller” for Dow Corning electronics. Bob has held the position of Sale Engineer for Krayden Inc. working out of the Glenview, IL location for the past nine years.

Paumanok Publications, Inc. and DfR Solutions today announced that the two companies have created a partnership to offer teardown reports and analysis that will focus on the passive electronic component content in a variety of electronic subassemblies and devices.

PROMATION announces that is has expanded its sales and service capabilities by assigning ROMERO INDUSTRIAL as its authorized sales and service representatives in Eastern and Mid-Central Mexico.