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Speaking of this Week — May 14, 2004
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
By Christine F. Della Monaca, Managing Editor, SMT
Speaking of this Week summarizes and analyzes events in the electronics assembly industry every Friday.
More progress news this week, as well as an increase in personnel news, lots of news on upcoming events ('tis the season), partnerships and financial news. Onward:
- San Diego-based KIC has developed a Web site inside China similar to its U.S. site. Meanwhile, Midland, Mich.-based Dow Corning Corp. launched an Electronic Solutions partnering approach, and San Jose, Calif.-based DEK installed laser cutting equipment in its Guadalajara, Mexico, location, in a continuing effort to invest in its stencil business. Similarly, Concord, Calif.-based March Plasma Systems has established direct operations in Japan. Amanda Yoho, a Kent State University sophomore, has won the Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Award, which is named after SMT Magazine Editorial Advisory Board member Jennie Hwang, Ph.D. Yoho will receive a $2,000 scholarship. Finally, Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based Coreco Imaging announced this week that the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
- In personnel news: Columbus, Ohio-based Brian Baughman joined Columbus, Ohio-based EWI as applications engineer; St. Louis-based Watlow appointed Steve Sandercock as tubular, process and multicell product manager; and Thief River Falls, Minn.-based Digi-Key Corp. added Tim Sanghera as vice president of semiconductor products. Palatine, Ill.-based Schneider Electric appointed Howard E. Japlon as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for its North American operating division. Finally, Townshend, Vt.-based Janos Technology Inc. created the position of system sales engineer for Robert Winkler.
- Lots of trade shows and events coming up, and likewise, we've got lots of news about them: Representatives from Carlsbad, Calif.-based Asymtek and Plexus will present a paper on medical device assembly at the SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium in Minneapolis next week. Looking ahead, Midland, Mich.-based Dow Corning Corp. and Belgium-based Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center will likewise present a paper, this one on wafer-level packaging, at ECTC in Las Vegas at the beginning of June. Utica, N.Y.-based Indium Corp. Vice President of Technology Ning-Cheng Lee, Ph.D., will keynote Alcatel Bell's 2004 Technology Day in Geel, Belgium in mid-June. The Herndon, Va.-based National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) is hard at work on the 2004 NEMI roadmap, and is hosting a late June workshop at its headquarters to review its process. Finally, Northbrook, Ill.-based IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced a call for papers this week for its IPCWorks 2004 technical conference dealing with design, flex and chips, and packing and storage. The conference will be held in late October in Minneapolis.
- In partnership news, Stamford, Conn.-based FEINFOCUS and Des Plaines, Ill.-based Kester have recently teamed up for KESTER University, a series of technical seminars dealing with lead-free. And Rhode Island-based AIM has appointed three new manufacturer's representatives and distributors.
- Finally, two companies announced first quarter 2004 revenues. Yavne, Israel-based Valor Computerized Systems said first quarter revenues improved 16.4 percent year-over-year, reaching US $7.15 million. Fellow Yavne-based company Orbotech Ltd. saw its first quarter 2004 revenues jump to US $67.2 million, compared to $54.2 million in the comparable year-ago period.
This just in: According to this week's Quick Vote, 88 percent of you said first quarter 2004 results were better than last year for your company, while 6 percent stayed the same and 6 percent more don't know.
Have some insight on the industry? See something you don't agree with? Think I'm right on? Send it all to me at christinef@pennwell.com.