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Speaking of this Week — December 5, 2003
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
By Christine F. Della Monaca
Speaking of this Week reflects on events in the electronics assembly industry every Friday.
In this first cold, windy week of December (at least it is here in New England), as we progress toward Christmas and the end of the year, progress news continues to dominate, followed by companies coming together in the many ways they do, tradeshow and personnel news, and a look at the industry with an analytical eye. Read on:
- Lots of progress news, as mentioned, especially certification to the ISO 9001:2000 standard. Here's a list of companies that announced their certification this week: All seven North American operations of West Haven, Conn.-based Enthone Inc., a Cookson Electronics company; Hayward, Calif.-based Able Electronics Inc.'s Silicon Valley and Mexico manufacturing facilities; Albuquerque, N.M.-based Delta Group Electronics Inc.; and West Warwick, R.I.-based Advanced Interconnections Corp. Finally, Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp.'s Board of Directors declared a 3 cent dividend to shareholders at the close of business on December 26; Natick, Mass.-based Cognex Corp. launched the Cognex Certified Vision Integrator program in North America; and Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based AVX Corp. will establish new subsidiaries called Kyocera Electronic Devices to deal with products from the company's majority stockholder, Kyocera Corp.
- Partnerships, large and small: Binghamton, N.Y.-based Universal Instruments Corp. announced that Philadelphia-based Aegis Industrial Software has joined its third party software program. Meanwhile, Richardson, Texas-based BP Sales Inc. has become an official sales representative for San Clemente, Calif.-based Legacy Electronics' component products. Finally, in acquisition news, Milpitas, Calif.-based Solectron Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell its Dy 4 Systems business to Ottawa, Canada-based Curtiss-Wright Corp., as part of its strategy of divesting non-core assets, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins Inc. completed its acquisition of Sterling, Va.-based NLX LLC.
- Some tradeshow news, past, present and future: Universal Instruments announced that the company gave away more than US $66,800 in prizes at Productronica in Munich last month, including a grand prize worth US $58,500 to Dieter Malig of Harmon Becker. In current news, the Minneapolis-based SMTA will launch its first SMTA Online Symposium, "The State of the Art in Pb-free Soldering Technology," today, featuring three speakers on the issue. Finally, looking into 2004, Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based BEST Inc. is offering IPC/WHMA-A-620 training in February and May, while Northbrook, Ill.-based IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries will hold three of its on-site EMS training sessions at Concord, Mass.-based Manufacturers' Service Ltd. (MSL). The sessions will take place in January, February, April and June.
- A bunch o' personnel news: Willow Grove, Pa.-based Tyco Electronics named Ricardo Heredia as its business development manager for Puerto Rico; Torrance, Calif.-based Technical Devices Co. appointed Ron Herbert as vice president of sales; Rick Lucier became president and CEO of Lawrence, Mass.-based Aras Corp.; and St. Louis, Mo.-based Watlow named Paul Smith as chief information officer.
- Finally, some industry analysis from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan: The consulting firm states that revenues in the world SMT soldering equipment, screen printer and solder paste market totaled $505.7 million in 2002, and are projected to reach $1.1 billion by 2009. Frost added that leasing equipment makes sense for companies in the ever-changing electronics assembly marketplace, and to stay competitive, companies can offer turnkey solutions.
This just in: According to this week's Quick Vote, 60 percent of you think companies should be certified lead-free, 33 percent say no, and 7 percent are not sure.
Have some insight on the industry? See something you don't agree with? Think I'm right on? Send it all to me at mailto:christinef@pennwell.com.