Featured Article
PCB Strain Gage Testing
Swapnil Padhye

Stress induced solder joint failure is one of the most common modes of Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) failures. Today, this problem is further exasperated with the introduction of lead-free solder material, which for similar tensile and compressive strengths is almost twice as brittle as the traditionally used tin-lead solder. Various assembly and test processes can cause solder joint failures on PCBAs by over-flexing them even before they are shipped out. Read more...

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 Interview
Josephine Lee, Reed Exhibitions China interview


 
Reed is putting a lot of effort into developing business in BRIC countries, and one of our priorities is to strengthen our leadership role in our core sectors, including electronics manufacturing, said Josephine Lee, East China Vice President, Reed Exhibitions in a conversation with Global SMT & Packaging magazine. Read more....
 Featured Agent
American Tec - Hiromori Toyokawa interview


 

American Tec Co. Ltd. (Amtec) is a leading integrated supplier of electronics equipment and services in the field of SMT machines, testing machines and semiconductor back-end packaging machines for production. Its distribution network covers China (mainland & HK), Singapore and India. Read more....

 Industry News

Talks with Motorola to buy hand set biz in nascent stage: Videocon
India's diversified business group Videocon said its talks to buy out the mobile handset business of US-based Motorola are at 'initial' stages.

Advanced fab units can skip top-level clearance
Companies like Reliance Industries (RIL) and Videocon may not require approval of the inter-ministerial group for getting financial benefits to set up fab units.

2nd TEMA National Telecom Awards for manufacturing
Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) awarded the telecom vendors for their contribution in Indian Telecom Story on the eve of World Telecom Day.

Nokia’s key suppliers to start operations at Chennai soon
Nokia’s two key suppliers — Aspocomp and Wintek — are likely to start operations within three months in the Nokia Telecom Park at Sriperumbudur, 45 km west off Chennai.

Moser Baer arm completes trials for thin film modules
Moser Baer India Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, PV Technologies India Ltd (PVTIL), has completed deposition trials for Gen 8.5 Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) thin film modules, at its new 40 MW facility in Greater Noida.

Xenitis forecasts Rs.13 bn turnover for 2008-09
Kolkata-based Xenitis Group, which rocked the market in 2005 with its desktop computers Aamchi PC and Apna PC, has projected a turnover of Rs.13 billion ($325 million) for 2008-09.

Samtel, Thales form JV for avionics
Samtel Electronics, Delhi based electronic display maker, has entered into a joint venture with the French company Thales to make high-end cockpit helmet mounted displays and other avionics for fighter aircraft.

Avnet, Inc. to acquire Ontrack Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Avnet, Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ontrack Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Ontrack) of India.

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 Association News

IPCA joins hand with MMI for co-hosting IPCA Expo 2008 with electronicIndia 2008 in Bangalore
Indian Printed Circuit Association (IPCA) joins hands with Messe München International (MMI), Germany for co-hosting IPCA Expo 2008 with electronicIndia 2008 during 2nd - 5th September 2008 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore.

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 Products News

ESSEMTEC wins 2008 SMT Vision Award for FLX2011
Essemtec wins 2008 SMT Vision Award in the category of Pick-and-Place – Multi-Function for its FLX2011 Flexible Pick-and-Place system.

Kristeel-Shinwa offers world class SMT Stencils in India
Kristeel-Shinwa, a member of Mumbai based Krislon Group of Companies, is engaged in the manufacturing of SMT Stencils for solder paste and glue application in technical collaboration with M/s. Metal Etching Technologies (M.E.T) of USA.

Dominant’s new White and Warm White LED SPNovaLED
Dominant is offering higher brightness white and warm white LED in SPNovaLED-1 Watt product range.

Essemtec offers solution for LED placement on flex circuits
Essemtec has delivered to the LED industry in the last few years’ state of the art production equipment in various areas.

Miyachi Unitek releases new AX5000 Glovebox atmospheric enclosure
he new AX5000 is a rugged, tight, Windows-computer-controlled atmospheric enclosure.

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May 2008

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