SMART Group announces three autumn events, two in Thame and one in Wycombe, UK. 

Dr. Jacob’s speech will be in conjunction with the RF and Wireless Day at the Symposium on Tuesday, October 10, 2006. 

SMTA is seeking papers for lead-free conference to be held in conjunction with Bohai Electronics Week, November 1-3 in Tiangjin, China. 

Next Packaging symposium, 'Medical Electronics: Integrating Technologies – Merging the Microelectronic, Bioscience and Medical Industries' will be held September 21, 2006 at the Arizona State University Campus in Tempe, AZ.   

IPCWorks 2006 will blaze new trails on lead free implementation, reliability and compliance with RoHS and similar directives September 10-14 at the American Airlines Training and Conference Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

SMTA Hong Kong is organizing the annual golf tournament this year. It will take place Saturday, September 2, 2006 at the Firestone Public Golf Course in Shenzhen, PR China. 

IPC awarded certification to for lead-free electronics assembly process capability this month. 

Sungchul Joo's project was selected from many applications reviewed by the SMTA's Grant Committee.  

Speeches will be given at the IPC Executive Meetings September 19-21 in Berkeley, Calif. 

During initial space selection, exhibitors at IPC Printed Circuits Expo®, APEX® and the Designers Summit took 85 percent of the 2007 shows’ available space.

IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has commissioned two leading electronics industry research specialists to develop in-depth studies on topics of critical interest to the electronic interconnection industry.

This event, featuring technical conference sessions, professional development workshops, the designer’s certification program, standards development meetings, and free roundtables and forums will take place September 7 – 14, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas.

SMARTGroup-sponsored workshop will be held at Soldertec (St. Albans) on 7 September. 

Angad Singh of CardioMEMS, Inc., was presented the Best of Conference award at the third SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium that was held May 15-17, 2006.

This document will be especially useful for small and medium volume manufacturers in using lead-free materials and production equipment. 

Topics included the metallurgy of lead-free, finish on boards and components, costs and associated problems, effects on organic materials from higher reflow temperatures and more.

IPC's Solder Products Value Council releases white paper on increased costs of lead-free solder materials.

IPC/JEDEC International Conferences on Lead Free Electronic Components and Assemblies is seeking conference presenters.

Group addresses assembly process and reliability requirements for SnPb and Pb-free modules.