ESSEMTEC won the award for their complete product range, customer orientation and their high name recognition all over the world.

Several hundred respondents from technology original equipment manufacturers (OEM), electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and original design manufacturing (ODM) companies, and suppliers to these companies, worldwide, completed the survey.

Cookson Electronics' new ALPHA OM-350 lead-free solder paste delivers high first pass yield and low rework rates. 

Concerned by the acrid odour given off by lead-free fluxes and solder pastes, rework professionals are increasingly calling for better health and safety measures and better fume extraction. 

Universal will continue to operate under its current management team, with a focused business strategy to continue to develop, manufacture, and market its strong portfolio of products and services globally.

Mr. H. Baba is responsible for introducing Grid-Lok to Asian customers and offering the product to OEMs and FA manufacturers.  

Johnny Delmont joins company as technical sales manager - the Americas. 

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed and are subject to normal closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

VJ Electronix announces that Al Cabral will present during the Lead-Free Rework Basics session of the SMTA International Conference, scheduled to take place at the Assembly Technology Expo in Rosemont (Chicago), IL. 

“The book-to-bill ratio in both segments of the industry is holding steady at just above parity,” said IPC president Denny McGuirk.  “This suggests that sales will continue to grow modestly during the next few months." 

ABI Research has reduced its 2007 market forecast for RFID software and services revenue to $3.1bn, down 15% from the analyst house’s previous estimates.

Vitronics Soltec will continue operation under its current management team and focused business strategy.

KIC announces the availability of version 2.3.0.0 of its award winning KIC 24/7 thermal process monitoring system.   

The name change became effective August 28, 2006, and coincided with the opening of BPM Microsystems’ new headquarters building in Houston, Texas.

Kester announces that Peter Biocca will present at IPCWorks 2006, scheduled to take place September 10 to 14, 2006, at the American Airlines Training and Conference Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

With a sales growth of almost 20%, the 2nd quarter of 2006 has been another positive surprise for the European semiconductor distribution market. Germany (regional) and Standard Analog (product-wise) took again the lead. 

Isola has seen long term growth trends for our high reliability, lead free capable laminates of greater than 40 percent quarter over quarter, for 2005 and 2006 year-to-date.

Highlights of the report include regional summaries of PCB production covering Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas; commentary on flexible printed circuits; data on foreign investment in China and overseas investment by U.S. companies; and historical data on world rigid PCB production.

The new guidelines expand DENSO’s targets to all suppliers, including equipment, construction, and distribution suppliers.