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 September 29, 2008 Compliant pin pressing Press pins or compliant pin connectors Fancort air or servo presses with custom tooling are designed to control the force of pressing compliant pins into PCBs without risk. Eliminate hand operations. Models from 1 to 20 tons. Click here to learn more… Fancort Industries   Metal Squeegee Design: The Vital Part of the SMT Process Every SMT Engineer should know the latest squeegee technical support information on this small, vital tool which increases performance of the SMT line. This presentation is a comprehensive collection of technical tips and advice about SMT printing. Click here to view… Transition Automation Letters Submit Industry Forums   Potting Encapsulation and Component Cleanliness HAL finished circuit boards   Providing High Reliability Class 3 CEM Services Technical Manufacturing Corporation Contract electronics manufacturer TMC specializes in the CLASS 3 production of printed circuit board and interconnecting cable assemblies for high-reliability applications with particular emphasis in the aerospace, defense, medical and automotive industries. Learn more… Technical Manufacturing Corporation Top Story   Jabil earnings surge Electronics contract manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc. on Friday reported a fourth-quarter profit that grew nearly five times from a year ago as ... Market Watch Lead-free Solder with a 9 Year Track Record SN100C - A billion boards and no failures Nihon Superior's SN100C Sn-Cu-Ni-Ge alloy is the only non-SAC alloy that has a track record of 9 years of successful use in commercial mass production with no service failures. Learn more… Nihon Superior Industry News   IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for August 2007 IPC announced the August findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Rigid PCB shipments are down ... IPC Foxconn wins OEM orders for Asustek X-series notebooks Asustek Computer will outsource the production of 15.4-inch X-series notebooks to Foxconn Electronics, with shipments expected to start in ... DigiTimes Understanding the impact of the iPhone What I'm about to explain may seem obvious, but I'm not sure anyone fully understands the sort of tectonic and fundamental shift taking place in ... Market Watch Acer chairman discusses performance in 2008 Acer shipped 139 million PCs in the first half of 2008, of which, desktop PCs accounted for around 76.2 million units and notebooks 62.6 million ... DigiTimes Apple selling unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong Apple Inc. has begun selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong that can be used with any cell phone carrier. The move appears to depart from the ... International Herald Tribune Nokia Readies Touchscreen Phone Nokia Corp. is expected to unveil a high-profile touch-screen phone, known by gadget aficionados as the "Tube," at an event on Thursday, ... Wall Street Journal RBC Turns Cautious On Contract Mfrs Analysts at RBC Capital turned cautious on IT spending, and chopped estimates on a host of hardware and software stocks. They took the next ... Barron's Portable Navigation Systems Set To Be Replaced Portable navigation systems from the likes of Navman, Tom Tom and Mio are set to become old hat as a new generation of GPS navigation systems ... Smart House Tyco Electronics Ready to Take Off Tyco Electronics (TEL), spun off from Tyco International (TYC) last year, has made good use of its freedom to restructure operations and grow ... Seeking Alpha Are Cell Phones Replacing The Laptops? At first glance, it seems like a bad idea, a kind of techno demotion. However some companies are now offering a new cell phone in exchange ... Article Dashboard Buffett's Battery Bet Warren Buffett is buying batteries. Through MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. he is paying $230 million for a 10% stake in BYD, China's largest ... Forbes Ballmer says Microsoft can survive crisis While the technology industry is not immune to the troubles facing the U.S economy, it is positioned to weather a downturn, Microsoft CEO ... San Francisco Chronicle Google Reveals Wireless Vision - Open Networks "Google's vision of tomorrow's wireless network is in stark contrast to how wireless operators do business today, setting the two sides on a ... 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Craig Acuri, CEO of NBS Design has been using Juki equipment over 4 years with 100% uptime. The Juki equipment provides great flexibility to run any type of job, even 01005 components. Juki has helped us maximize production and increased profitability, learn more… Juki Corporate News Submit Circuit Technology Center Offers Advanced X-Ray Inspection Services Circuit Technology Center has improved upon the x-ray inspection services provided with the addition of a new Dage XD7600 XiDat X-ray system ... Circuit Technology Center PND Shipment Growth Decelerates as Alternatives Gain Ground The Portable Navigation Device's (PND's) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over ... iSuppli Corporation Dymax Bluewave® Led System Now CE Marked From Intertronics The DYMAX BlueWave® LED visible light, high-intensity spot-curing system from Intertronics offers many advantages over traditional UV ... Intertronics The latest Cleaning and Service Related Trends from Zestron The latest edition of ZESTRON America's ZESTRON News takes a closer look at why a high-end electronic military manufacturer successfully ... ZESTRON Virtual Industries Introduces New Vacuum-Tweezer Tool Virtual Industries Inc. introduces the compressed air powered STEALTH-VAC. The whisper quiet STEALTH-VAC operates directly on 30 to 70 psi ... Virtual Industries Inc. Palomar Technologies Features LED Packaging Methods at LEDs Palomar Technologies will feature Palomar Microelectronics, its high value-added microelectronic packaging services, and its methods for ... Palomar Technologies ASSET's Internet-based controller family enables world wide test The new Remote Instrumentation Controller family from ASSET® InterTech is the industry's first to apply JTAG/boundary scan tests directly over ... ASSET InterTech NEW-look National Electronics Week for 2009 After celebrating the success of its 2008 show, National Electronics Week (NEW) has now turned its attention towards 2009. With Event Director ... National Electronics Week OK International looks forward to Forum de l’Electronique OK International has confirmed plans to visit this year's Forum de l'Electronique exhibition being held over Sept. 30 - Oct. 02, 2008 at ... OK International Michelle Ogihara Attends CMHA Annual Membership Luncheon Michelle Ogihara, Sales and Marketing Manager of Seika Machinery, Inc., a leading provider of advanced machinery, materials and engineering ... Seika Machinery, Inc. The 1st Fully Integrated Paste & Glue Dispenser in a Printer EKRA releases IPaG, Single and Dual Head Dispensers. 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Each needle is machined from solid stainless steel as opposed to rolled tubing. The resulting smoother internal profile enhances material flow and consistency. DL Technology     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. 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