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henkel and shanghai-region
technical sales manager for Electrolube,
academia form joint research center
Robert has worked in a variety of roles for H
Henkel and Shanghai University, in
K Wentworth for the past 13 years.
conjunction with several leading research
www.electrolube.com
universities, have entered into an agreement
to form a Shanghai Region Joint Electronics
Daleba strengthens technical & qual-
Research and Failure Analysis Center. The
ity teams in china
roadmap of the three-year project includes
Daleba Electronics Ltd, part of the TCL
five key areas of research to be carried out,
Group, recently added five new positions at
including the study of the interfacial bond-
their Hong Kong and China manufacturing
ing mechanisms between metals and organic
essemtec increases headquarters
facilities, bringing their personnel total in
polymers and new latent curing systems for
Essemtec recently celebrated the opening
these facilities to 27.
www.daleba.co.uk
advanced electronics polymer applications.
of a new two-story building that adds more
www.henkel.com/electronics
than 1220 sqm of production and office
european electronics assembly reli-
space and includes a large canteen.
ability summit
“We are rapidly growing,” said Martin
Soldertec Global and Global SMT &
Ziehbrunner, CEO. “Unfortunately, work-
Packaging magazine will hold a European
space always stays a little bit behind of that.
and international conference on reliability
We are happy that the new building has
in electronic assemblies in Tallinn, Estonia,
been finished in time.”
www.essemtec.com
October 22nd - 24th 2008.The event brings
together experts in a unique opportunity to
MVp receives 75th order
tackle the business-critical topic of reliability
for ultra 850g aoi platform
through industry discussion, technical col-
Machine Vision Products, Inc. received its
laboration, and information sharing. www.
75th system order for its recently introduced
europeanelectronicsummit.com
eMs nova eTs awarded contract
Ultra 850G packaging and micro-electronics
worth over us $26 million
automated optical inspection platform.
altium joins european fight
EMS Nova ETA was awarded a US $26 mil-
These orders reflect the success of this prod-
against piracy
lion contract to manufacture complete box
uct in providing unique defect coverage and
Altium Limited has extended its Business
build for a personal tracker for a security
metrology in the flux, paste, die placement,
Software Alliance (BSA) membership to
company in South Africa. EMS Nova ETA,
component and underfill processes. www.
include the Europe, Middle East and Africa
a division of Nova ETS LTD, a specialist for
visionpro.com
(EMEA) region. The move will see Altium
GPS-related products and RF components,
join BSA’s efforts to crack down on the
is a new EMS production company with
Wolfson attains iso 9001
$US48 billion black hole caused by piracy—
offices in the UK for sales and engineering
certification
with over 40% of these losses stemming
design and Taiwan for production. The
Wolfson Microelectronics plc’s engineering
from the EMEA region alone. The EMEA
company is forecasted to have in excess of
centre in High Wycombe has attained ac-
region is a very large market for Altium,
US $50 million in sales by the end of 2009.
creditation to the internationally recogn-
making up more than 33% of total sales
www.ems-novaets.com
ised ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management
in the financial year ending June 30, 2007.
standard, following a comprehensive audit
www.altium.com
cookson manufacturing
by the British Standards Institute (BSI). The
following the market
High Wycombe facility becomes Wolfson’s
BpM appoints distributor for
The movement of high-volume electronics
second to attain accreditation. A third
eastern europe
assembly operations to regions of Central
office, in Swindon, has also applied for
BPM formally named Etek Europe Ltd. as
Europe that has been underway for several
certification to ISO 9001.
its distributor for Eastern Europe, including
years is the motivation behind a change in
www.wolfsonmicro.com
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania,
Cookson Electronics Assembly Material’s
Bulgaria and Poland. Etek Europe Ltd. will
business plans. Thought to be the first
new gM for uK
represent BPM Microsystems’ full line of
major solder supplier to follow this route,
sales at
device programming products in these ter-
Cookson intends to transfer European
electrolube
ritories.
www.etek-europe.com,www.bpmmicro.
manufacturing to its sites in continental
Electro-chemicals
com
Europe and the former Eastern Bloc over
manufacturer
the next two years. Solder paste manufac-
Electrolube
DKl Metals continues to gain market
ture will be transferred to a new centre of
promoted Robert
share with sn100c solder alloy
excellence in Dunaharaszti (near Budapest,
Crosby-Clarke to
UK solder manufacturer DKL Metals Ltd.
Hungary).
www.cooksonelectronics.com
general manager of
continues to see a growth in the popularity
UK Sales. Formerly
of its SN100C (Sn/Cu/Ni/Ge) solder alloy,
8 – Global SMT & Packaging – September 2008
www.globalsmt.net
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