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Over the past two years, Calumet Electronics has invested close to $3 million in capital equipment, infrastructure improvements, and technology upgrades, reinforcing its commitment to quality and turnaround time for their customers. Calumet has built a reputation on producing high-performance printed circuit boards with some of the industry's highest defectfree manufacturing (DFM) rates. Due to such investments over the prior decade, Calumet has thrived at a time when 70% of its competitors have shut their doors.
Worldwide market revenue for MEMS directly used in industrial IoT equipment will rise to $120 million in 2018, up from $16 million in 2013, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS). Additional MEMS also will be used to support the deployment of the IoT, such as devices employed in data centers. This indirect market for industrial IoT MEMS will increase to $214 million in 2018, up from $43 million in 2013.
Juki Automation Systems (JAS), Inc., a provider of automated assembly products and systems and part of Juki Automation Systems Corporation, announced that U.S. Representative David Price of the North Carolina 4th congressional district, toured its headquarters in Morrisville, NC on Wednesday, December 18, 2014.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Javad EMS (JEMS), a global EMS company that provides low- to medium-volume, high-mix applications, announces that it has added a large board line to continue meeting customer needs. With the use of HDI printed circuit boards, more densely populated boards using high pin count BGAs, QFNs and LGAs, micro BGAs, and smaller and smaller devices including 10005s, it seems that assemblies should be getting smaller in size.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Global manufacturer and supplier of conformal coating and precision dispensing systems, PVA (Precision Valve & Automation, Inc.) is pleased to announce Paul Kim has joined the company as Sales Manager for Asia Pacfiic. Based in Daegu, Korea, Mr. Kim will oversee all Asia Pacific operations, excluding China, for PVA.
ACE Production Technologies, Inc., a supplier of selective soldering systems, is pleased to announce that it has received an order for four KISS-101 selective soldering systems from SIIX EMS. The new KISS-101 selective soldering systems will be installed at the SIIX EMS manufacturing facility located in Samutprakan, Thailand and are among the first selective soldering machines SIIX EMS has ordered from ACE Production Technologies.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Stefan Günthner is part of the sales team of Dr. Hönle AG. As sales engineer and product manager he is responsible for UV curing devices for bonding applications. During his studies of industrial engineering, branch Mechanical Enginee- ring, Günthner was working in the field production scheduling and could also gain experience in sales.
Gen3 Systems Limited, a specialist British manufacturer and distributor, is pleased to announce the successful installation of the MBTech NC25 PCB Cleaning System at Briton EMS' facility in Bedford, England. Briton EMS purchased the MBTech NC25 Conveyorised Batch Cleaning Machine from Gen3 Systems.
ADLINK Technology, a provider of building blocks and intelligent platform solutions, announced the release of its latest workstation grade PICMG 1.3 System Host Board, the NuPRO-E72, supporting 4th generation Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3, Core i3, Pentium and Celeron processors in a LGA1150 package with DDR3 1600 memory up to 16GB with ECC support.
The new A8a test system combines the flexibility of flying probe testers with high throughput. The A8a provides significant cost advantages compared to fixture testers for small and medium batches and fully meets the requirements in its main application field: The electrical test of HDI products for smart phones, tablet and PC motherboards.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Pickering Interfaces, a provider of modular signal switching and instrumentation for use in electronic test and simulation, is pleased to introduce two new PXI high power solid-state switch modules to its range of PXI switching solutions.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Everett Charles Technologies (ECT) introduces the latest addition to our versatile family of high current probes; the HC375. The HC375 is rated at 100 Amps DC and is designed for the most challenging applications in a broad range of industrial test including transportation, automotive, power grid, military and PCB test.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
"The EMC cell provides a radio wave free environment to test products for unintentional generation of radio waves that could cause interference," said Michael Walser, Head of Global R&D at ESCATEC. "Almost all products need to be certified by an independent, ISO/IEC 17025 accredited test house. Reference measurements under ISO/IEC condition point to where improvements are required to fulfil normative requirements.
Dymax Corporation's new Guide to Light-Cure Conformal Coatings outlines the benefits of using light-cure conformal coatings as well as cost justification, typical processing guidelines and best practices, product selection criteria, data, and industry specifications. Conformal coatings are thin-layer polymers that are applied to the surface of PCBs to protect and electrically insulate the circuit from environmental stresses.
Nordson DAGE, a division of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), continues to meet the challenges for micro materials testing with the introduction of a new test method for the evaluation of die strength by means of cantilever bending where 3 point bending is not suitable for die with a thickness of less than 50 microns.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
By loading the newly developed H24G head on the NXT III, 008004" (0.25 x 0.125 mm) components can be supported without any change to the specifications of the machine (speed: 35,000 cph, accuracy: ±25 μm). The Intelligent Part Sensor (IPS), which checks the orientation of parts on the nozzle and ensures that the part does not remain on the nozzle after placement, is standard on the H24G placement head.
Friday, December 5, 2014
At SMTA International in Chicago, Illinois, Trevor Galbraith spoke to Jay Goraija, Director of Consulting for Mentor Graphics
Friday, August 29, 2014
The Y.Cougar is a very well known system since now six, seven years on the market, especially in the SMT and semicon markets. So, we created an interface for specific inspection capabilities, so that you get the really exact inspection you would like to get on your side as a customer. The requirements are really well defined, giving you a really precise inspection capability.
Friday, June 27, 2014
With over 25 years of continuous innovation, Nordson MARCH designs and manufactures a complete line of award-winning and patented plasma processing systems. An expert staff of scientists and engineers is available to assist in the development of plasma processes that improve product reliability and increase production yields.
Monday, August 5, 2013
SMT Maschinen–und Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG, based in Wertheim, Germany, is a thermal process specialist founded in 1987. The company manufacturers reflow soldering systems; curing, drying and gluing systems; temperature treatment for hot function and cold function tests, and UV systems for conformal coating.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
At last month's SMT/Hybrid/Packaging event in Nuremberg, Trevor Galbraith had the pleasure of speaking with both Alpha's executive vice president, David Crimp, and Alpha's global product manager, Russell Maynard.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Trevor Galbraith had a chance to sit down with Semblant CEO Steven Lowder at SMTA International in Orlando. Semblant develops nanomaterials process solutions for the electronics industry using a fusion of science and engineering that blends the disciplines of chemistry and physics with mechanical and electrical engineering.
EVS International, the leader in solder recovery, will debut the new EVS 500LF lead-free version in Booth #3521 at the IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place Feb. 24-26, 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center in California. With the new EVS 500LF, EVS has managed to drastically reduce the size, weight, complication and footprint, while creating a greener lead-free system.
Correctly guessing the first oven recipe is serious business. Companies that manufacture expensive parts may not be able to sacrifice even a single product to profiling. This is also true of companies that manufacture a very high mix of products or who are constantly setting up the oven for new boards.
Viscom announced that it will exhibit in Booth #1017 at the IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place Feb. 24-26, 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center in California. Viscom's inspection experts will present the most advanced and comprehensive SPI, AOI and X-ray portfolio on the market.
Occupational health and safety in manufacturing companies have become increasingly important in recent years. Today it should be seen as a part of the job rather than an annoyance. Manufacturing processes have gained in complexity, and resulting pollutants have become smaller and particularly more exotic. "From chipping come chips" is a popular saying.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Major DRAM makers Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung have announced versions of stacked memory with through silicon vias (TSVs) for high-performance applications. Some CMOS image sensors are also in production with die stacking and TSVs. The remaining question is what is holding back the expansion of 3D IC in other applications?
Friday, August 15, 2014
Printed Electronics is an old embryonic technology. It is an umbrella term used to describe electronics that can be flexible, printed and/or based on organic materials. It consists of a wide range of enabling technologies, each at different points of maturity, growth and development. The snap shot view in 2014 is shown in the following chart, based on research conducted by IDTechEx.
The global electronic supply chain is growing, but this expansion is currently at primarily single digit rates. Compared to the same 3-month period a year earlier world semiconductor shipments are up 11.5%, PCBs up 5.2%, electronic equipment up 2.8% and the Global PMI leading indicator up 3.3%. The JPMorgan/Markit Economics Global PMI has been in expansion territory (PMI>50) for the last few years however regional performance varies. Perhaps strangely the USA and Europe are currently expanding faster than many Asian countries with China and Japan in recent contraction modes.
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The last two columns focused on electronic component issues related to solderless assembly for electronics (SAFE). They stressed the importance of making thoughtful, proactive decisions in component selection rather than reactive ones, or using whatever happens to pop up first in a component search.
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When I tell people that I am a practitioner of physics of failure, the response is typically predictable: I either get a blank look, or a large smile breaks out as if landsman has been discovered after many years in the wilderness. What is physics of failure? In some respects, that is a good question. Historically, there are some nice academic definitions that will tend to put you to sleep.
The SMTA International conference includes focused technical tracks covering Manufacturing and Assembly, Advanced Packaging, Substrates, Soldering, and Quality and Reliability. Technical sessions will be held on Monday through Thursday. Tutorials are half-day educational courses offered on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Thursday's tutorial on "Reliability 360: How to Verify Design Robustness Early in the Process" is free for SMTA and IPC members who register in advance.
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With just six days left for funding, Shadowrun Online has only made a little over half of its goal of $500,000. Don't confuse this project with the first Shadowrun Kickstarter, which more than quadrupled its goal. This one is from Cliffhanger Productions, who are aiming to intertwine their story with the official timeline of the already existing universe by shaping it with decisions that are made by the collective actions of the players. How cool is that?
They also have quite a bit of prototype footage of the game (having been working on the title for awhile now) up on the Kickstarter page, and it shows off the atmosphere they're trying to create as well as the tactical gameplay Shadowrun is known for. Better yet, it was recently announced that Cliffhanger is adding cross-platform support with OUYA, Linux, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android all able to run the same game.
The Kickstarter craze is quite weird at times. Projects will frequently meet their goals within hours of going up, while other projects sadly slip under a lot people's radars and never meet its goal. And sometimes, a project will only make it to a point where it appears that there's no conceivable way it could reach its goal within the timeframe left. Stranger things have certainly happened, so let's make that final push for Shadowrun Online. You know, so we can better forget that FPS reboot we don't speak of from about five years ago.
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Glass, Lewis & Co. Recommends Electing Sardar Biglari To The Board Of Cracker Barrel
SAN ANTONIO, TX, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sardar Biglari, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BH), announced today that Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading proxy advisory firm, has recommended that stockholders of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) vote the GOLD proxy card. The Glass Lewis report is detailed, comprehensive, appropriately framed the problems, and logically assessed its decision.
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"Instead, we believe [Biglari] would be a good addition to the board based on the following: (i) properly aligned motivations as a result of a large ownership stake; (ii) relevant industry experience, (iii) successful track record of engineering an operational turnaround and generating shareholder value, (iv) new and external views to contribute to board discussions; and (v) credit for some positive changes recently implemented at the Company.""In this case, we believe [Biglari] has identified areas of concern, both operationally and governance related, and we find grounds on which to support the notion that the election of the [Biglari] nominee is likely to result in a superior outcome for Cracker Barrel and its shareholders." "We side with [Biglari] in identifying a number of concerns at Cracker Barrel, including: (i) under-performance and under-valuation compared to peers; (ii) declining store-level operating performance; (iii) stagnant financial performance; (iv) questionable compensation, governance and reporting practices; and (v) reactive responses to shareholder issues and interests."
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Patterned after vintage designs found in Le Creuset's archives, the Heritage collection re-creates the enameled cast-iron cookware that Chuck Williams brought over from France over half a century ago. This heat-retaining wood-handled fry pan has straight sides and a black-enameled interior that requires no seasoning. Offering flawless performance and stove-to-table versatility, it's great for searing, stir-frying and browning vegetables and meats.
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Xbox 360 sales generate over $56 billion for Microsoft
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The Xbox 360 has hit 67 million sales around the planet, banking more than $56 billion for Microsoft's Mars base fund. I'm assuming they're building a Mars base because what else would you spend $56 billion on? Maybe a hybrid spider-elephant, but a Mars base is probably more useful in the long term.
"Since 2005 – when we launched Xbox 360 – we have sold 67 million consoles and have generated more than $56 billion at retail, and we're still going strong in our seventh year," Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Division marketing boss Yusuf Mehdi said.
"With 47% share of the current-generation console market, we are hitting our stride largely as a result of the success of Kinect for Xbox 360 (19 million sold ) and the flood of new entertainment options through Xbox LIVE (40 million members)."
He also attributed the console's consistently increasing sales with its expanded entertainment features.
"The more entertainment options we add, the more time people spend on Xbox," he added. "Sales for Xbox 360 in year five were greater than in year four, sales in year six were greater than in year five, and sales in year seven were greater than in year six."
Big things are expected for the company's E3 presentation next week, with promises of "new games, show new ways to enjoy the entertainment you love and, as always, we'll have a few surprises to share!"
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A great part of the central and southern Italian peninsula was occupied in protohistoric and historic times by populations forming a vast ethnic and linguistic unit—the eastern Italics or Umbro-Sabellians. To the south, in the mountains of the Abruzzo, lived the Samnites, who later spread into Campania, Lucania, and what is now Calabria. In the centre were the Vestini, Paeligni, Marrucini, Marsi, Aequi, Volsci, and Sabini. Farther north lived the Umbri. The origin and relationship of all these peoples is unclear. Ancient ethnographic traditions bearing on central Italy link the Samnites to the Sabines and the Sabines to the Umbri, locating their primitive centre of dispersion in the Rieti basin and in the area of Amiternum. Their diffusion was attributed to the mass emigration of an entire generation in search of a new homeland (so-called sacred spring).
The linguistic data prove the unity of the group of eastern-Italic idioms, belonging to the Indo-European stock but differing from the Latin. Within this group may be distinguished a southern variant (Sabellic or Oscan) known from an abundant harvest of epigraphic documents from Samnium, Campania, and southern Italy. This variant is to be attributed to the Samnites and to a large part of the minor stocks of central Italy, including the Sabines, known from isolated inscriptions in central Italy. On the other hand, a northern (Umbrian) variant is represented by inscriptions of Umbria—principally bronze tablets from Gubbio, inscribed between the 4th and 1st century bc by a brotherhood of Umbrian priests—and by a bronze tablet from Velletri. The eastern Italic words reported by the Classical writers, as well as toponomastics, confirm these conclusions.
Notwithstanding the original unity of stock and of language, these populations had diverse histories and cultures. The Samnites from Molise (the Caraceni, the Pentri, and the Frentani) in the 5th and 4th centuries bc occupied Campania—where they vanquished Etruscans and Greeks and assumed from the local tribes the name Opici, or Osci—as well as Lucania (with the Hirpini or Lucani), reaching what is now Calabria—where they took the name Bruttii—and finally Sicily. Defeated by Rome in the Samnite wars (4th and early 3rd centuries bc), the Samnites tried for the last time, in the period of the Social War (90–83 bc), to counterpose to the Romans an Italic nationality of their own. A considerable difference existed between the culture of the mountain Samnites—organized in confederate tribes centred on fortified villages and in the 5th and 4th centuries still retaining aspects of the "iron culture"—and the high civilization of the Campani and Lucani established in the ancient cities of Capua, Nola, Nocera, and Paestum and dominated by Greek and Etruscan influence.
Some central tribes—the Marrucini, Vestini, Paeligni and Marsi—appear to be linked historically, politically, and culturally to the Samnites. The case is different with the Sabines, the Aequi, and the Volsci, whose period of expansion (6th and 5th centuries) is closely connected with earliest Rome and who had early contact with the Etrusco-Latin civilization.
The diffusion of the Umbri toward the north and beyond the Apennines lent credence to the ancient traditions relating to the great size of their territory. The traditions, however, are more probably based on the fact that the name Umbri is derived from that of a most ancient population, probably not Indo-European and certainly not Italic, living in the Apennine region before the diffusion of the eastern Italics. The history of the Umbrian cities—Iguvium (now Gubbio), Hispellum (Spello), Spoletium (Spoleto), Tuder (Todi), and others—is known only beginning with the period of the struggle of the Etruscans and Gauls against Rome. Umbrian civilization is revealed by the Gubbio Tablets, a document unique in its kind. The Umbrian artistic and material culture derived in large part from that of Etruria.
The populations of the Picenum
In historic times, expansion of the eastern Italic peoples placed them firmly along the Adriatic coastal tract corresponding to what is now the Marches region. Epigraphic and archaeological data give evidence also of the presence in the Picenum (an ancient region between the Apennines and the Adriatic) of the trans-Adriatic Liburni and the pre-Indo-European Asili. It is possible that elements were established here that had come by sea from Illyria (the Gubbio tablets mention the Iapuzkus, whose name recalls that of the Illyrian Iapodes and of the Apulian Iapyges). Inscriptions in the southern Piceno, however, seem to exhibit a close kinship with the Umbro-Sabellic dialects.
A material civilization flowered between the 8th and 5th centuries in the northern Abruzzo and in the Marches. This civilization is represented by the rich funerary equipment of burial tombs, whose type and decoration present affinities with the iron culture of Tyrrhenian and northern Italy and with that of the Balkans and which show Greek influence. Cremation tombs of Villanovan type have been found at Fermo. Also noteworthy is the presence of stone funerary sculpture. North of Ancona is a cultural variant, particularly in the necropolis of Novilara near Pesaro, where inscriptions are in a dialect other than that of the southern Picenum and difficult to classify.
It may be held that the middle-Adriatic iron cultures expressed an early Archaic mixture of eastern Italic and trans-Adriatic peoples, influenced by the Etruscans and the Greeks. Contributing to their decline were the Gauls and Syracusans, who established themselves in this area in the 4th century bc. In the 3rd century, the Picenum was already totally conquered by the Romans.


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This is most likely the third third of my life, although we cannot really know those things. The dreams I had have both come to fulfillment, and not. Publishing a novel is still out there somewhere, perhaps.
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Weekly Trade Focus: Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
Every week, the USTR website explores a new trade topic, with background information and current trade data. This week Ambassador Kirk travels to Hangzhou, China along with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to meet with Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan as part of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT).
The United States and China have a large and dynamic trading relationship. Bilateral trade in goods totaled $408 billion in 2008, and China is now the United States' second largest trading partner. U.S. goods exports to China were $70 billion in 2008, up 330% since 2000 and U.S. goods imports from China were $338 billion in 2008, up 238% since 2000. Trade in services with China (exports and imports) totaled $23.0 billion in 2007 (latest data available); services exports were $14.2 billion and services imports were $8.8 billion. For the period January-to-August of 2009, U.S. goods exports to China are down 14.3% and goods imports from China are down 14.9%, as a result of the impact of the global economic downturn. Due to the large and robust relationship trading relationship the United States has with China, these talks represent an important opportunity to engage this vital trading partner at a senior level.
The U.S.-China JCCT was established in 1983 and is the main forum for addressing bilateral trade matters and promoting commercial opportunities between the United States and China. This 20th meeting of the JCCT comes at a critical juncture in America's relationship with China and represents an important opportunity for the United States to engage in dialogue at a senior level. In addition to the high-level annual plenary meeting, a large number of working groups under the JCCT meet throughout the year to bring U.S. and Chinese officials together to engage in detailed discussions of specific trade issues. The working groups will focus their attention to topics ranging from Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), the Insurance Dialogue, and the Information Industry Working Group.
The three U.S. cabinet members look forward to discussions with Vice Premier Wang Qishan and other Chinese officials on a wide range of important bilateral trade issues, including intellectual property rights enforcement, agriculture, standards, government procurement and other issues. The United States will seek to make concrete progress on as many issues as possible. The participants will also discuss a number of cooperative initiatives of interest to both sides. The JCCT also gives the United States and China a venue to consider the breadth of our trade relationship and identify steps that each side can take to ensure that it is fair, sustainable, and mutually beneficial going forward.


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MOBILE – The annual National Donor Sabbath will be recognized on Nov. 10-12 as faith communities hold services and programs focused on the life-affirming gifts of hope passed to others by organ, tissue, marrow and blood donors.
The University of South Alabama Regional Transplant Center at USA Medical Center has materials available for local churches, along with sample sermons for various denominations and suggested readings for the day.
Dr. Velma Scantlebury, director of transplantation at the USA Regional Transplant Center, will participate in a Donor Sabbath service on Sunday, Nov. 12 at Revelation Baptist Church, 1711 Taylor Lane in Mobile, to help increase local awareness of the critical need for donors in this region.
National Donor Sabbath participation increases each year, but so does the need for donors. More than 28,000 organ transplants were performed nationwide in 2005, but as of April 2006, more than 92,000 people were on the organ transplant waiting list. Thousands of Americans each year need corneal or other tissue transplants, and an average of 3,000 individuals at any given time are searching for an unrelated marrow donor.
For more information on organ donation, transplantation or the National Donor Sabbath, please contact the USA Regional Transplant Center at USA Medical Center, 471-7391 or toll-free (877) 421-5704.
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