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Indium Expert to Present at InnovationsFORUM Mexico
May 19, 2017 | Indium CorporationEstimated reading time: 1 minute

Indium Corporation's Ivan Castellanos, technical service manager for Latin America, will present at InnovationsFORUM Mexico on June 14 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Castellanos' paper, QFN Void Reduction Through Profile, Stencil, and Paste Considerations, details the results of a thorough analysis and experimental plan to minimize voiding in QFN assembly, including process and materials parameters.
Castellanos supports Indium's electronics assembly, semiconductor fabrication and packaging, and thermal management markets. He is based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and has more than 15 years of experience in electronics assembly manufacturing, including SMT production troubleshooting. Castellanos has a diploma in Electronics and Communications Engineering and is an SMTA Certified SMT Process Engineer (CSMTPE). He has also earned his Six Sigma Green Belt from Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering and has worked for several major manufacturing companies, including Jabil Circuits in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
InnovationsFORUM is an event for electronics manufacturers to learn the most advanced technologies, materials, and processes. Click here to register for free using the code IFM17_INDIUM.
About Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil. Founded in 1934, Indium has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com or email abrown@indium.com.
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