We search for industry news, so you don't need to.   Home  I  Site Map  I  News  I  Corporate News  I  Exclusives  I  Experts  I  Equipment  I  Marketplace  I  Calendar May 7, 2008 Lowest stress depaneler for scored boards Separates 0.5mm (.020") from score line New VPD5 machine uses two linear knives with gentle rocking motion to separate closer than any depaneler and produces almost no stress; operator can't insert panels incorrectly! Click here to learn more… Fancort Industries   We're The Experts Leaders in Micro Dispensing Technology DL Technology LLC develops customized dispensing needles and valves for the electronics assembly, industrial assembly, semiconductor packaging and medical industries. DL Technology Letters Submit Industry Forums   QFN's open in SMT power module after second reflow Part floating on solder   Broadband Printing – A Paradigm New white paper Miniature devices require smaller solder deposits compared to other components, a challenge arises to accommodate all devices on the PCB. "Broadband Printing" describes a robust printing process to deposit paste for all components on a board. Click to learn more. Speedline Technologies Top Story   Mobile Handset Market Stays on Track in Q1 The global mobile-handset market in the first quarter of 2008 appeared to be unaffected by the economic slowdown, with shipments rising by a ... iSuppli Corporation Quickly program SMT, AOI & ATE from CAD, Gerber or BOM Create fast process assembly sheets, 1st Article inspection, costing reports, rework, debug, etc. Cost effective manufacturing software & product tracking MES from Unisoft. 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USA Today SMTC Announces Strategic Relationship with Thales SMTC Corporation announced a new strategic outsourcing relationship with Thales Rail Signaling Solutions Inc. SMTC commenced manufacturing ... Yahoo! Finance AMD to spin-off fab operations? Shares in Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) have climbed amid reports that the company will split itself into two parts, including the spin ... EETimes Taiwan notebook makers see on-year shipments increase of 41% in 1Q08 Despite the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, Taiwan-based notebook makers still enjoyed shipments growth in the first quarter of 2008. Of the ... DigiTimes India’s Outsourcing Blues It isn’t all sunshine at the other end of the phone line in India’s stressed-out business processing outsourcing industry. After eight ... Asia Sentinel Tech firms will push for bigger silicon wafers Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced this week that they will work together to spread the ... The Columbian ASIC specialist eSilicon expands strategy, seeks acquisitions After hitting a few speed bumps along the road, fabless ASIC vendor eSilicon Corp. appears to have regained its momentum and has expanded ... EETimes Did Apple invest in P.A. Semi prior to acquisition? Word on the street is that there is still a little more light to be shed on the saga of P.A. Semi and Apple. Readers will remember that the ... EETimes Heraeus - Celebrating 40 years of USA Manufacturing Excellence Heraeus has been developing, manufacturing and supporting Assembly Materials in Pennsylvania for the last 40 years. While competitors are focusing off shore, Heraeus is committed to the Americas. Learn more about Heraeus materials… Heraeus, Inc. Technology News   Newspapers likely to be free in the future: survey Newspapers seeking to compete with the Internet are likely to become free and place greater emphasis on comment and opinion in the future, a ... Reuters Purdue Builds Supercomputer in About Four Hours Purdue University officials planned to build the Big Ten's largest campus supercomputer in one day. It ends up they completed the task by lunch ... Inside Indiana Business Contact Through Silver Particles in Ink Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric ... PhysOrg A flatter flatscreen: LG's PG60 Plasma TV Once an afterthought in terms of interior design, televisions have become an aesthetic centerpiece in many new homes and as a result, ... gizmag Tesla opens first dealership in California Tesla Motors opened its first dealership in Santa Monica, California attracting a gaggle of reporters.The location of the site in ... Smart Planet Having Trouble with Profiling? Cutting-edge reflow profiling kit Heller is pleased to release its much anticipated reflow profiling kit. 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CeTaQ IPC and Jisso Int'l Council Sponsor Technical Seminar IPC and the Jisso International Council (JIC) are sponsoring a technical seminar, Implementing Advanced Interconnect Technology Solutions, May ... IPC Mr. Kyle Rhodes Joins DYMAX as Medical Market Segment Manager DYMAX Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Kyle Rhodes as its Medical Market Segment Manager. In his new position, Mr. Rhodes ... Dymax Core Capital's ESG Launches Website, Business Deals Resource & Brochure Core Capital’s Electronics and Semiconductor Group has launched a new website featuring a transaction opportunities/deals resource list ... Core Capital Areté Optical Systems & RPMC Lasers Enter Marketing Agreement Areté designs, develops, tests, and supports diode pumped solid-state lasers that are more efficient, compact, and reliable than legacy ... RPMC Lasers Keithley Releases New Edition of Switching Handbook Keithley Instruments, Inc. has released the sixth edition of its Switching Handbook: A Guide to Signal Switching in Automated Test ... Keithley Instruments, Inc. Agilent Technologies' DC Power Analyzer Wins Additional Industry Awards Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its N6705A DC Power Analyzer has won five more industry awards, bringing the total to seven ... Agilent Technologies Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Endicott for Superior Market Growth, Based on its recent analysis of the printed circuit board (PCB) markets, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. ... 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