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XLamp® LEDs and the broad high-bright- web shop
http://surclean.co.uk. DKL
ness portfolio, which includes round, oval, Metals has been one of the UK’s leading
SMDs, and P4 LEDs.
www.digikey.com suppliers of high purity solders for over 20
years. Thanks to a partnership between the
Balver Zinn appoints distributor company and Surclean, smaller scale manu-
proseM Technology facturing facilities will now have access
Balver Zinn appointed PROSEM Technol- to their range of lead and lead-free solder
ogy its SMT product distributor in India. paste, wire, bar, flux and rework products
With a verbal agreement reached in early via the web shop.
www.surclean.co.uk,
September, this appointment will provide
www.dklmetals.co.uk
customers in India with local access to
Balver Zinn’s world-renowned Cobar alpha® Virtual Trade show
range of SMT products, including pastes, launched on website
Appointments
fluxes and wires. Balver Zinn also holds ALPHA® launched its Virtual Trade Show
the global license for Nihon Superior’s on its website, complete with featured
award winning SN100C™ range of solder, product information, access to its down-
cookson electronics promotes
and the solder bar will now be available loadable full line Product Guide, and a
richard J. ertmann through PROSEM Technology. feature in which visitors can ask questions
Richard J. Ertmann
www.balverzinn.de/english related to ALPHA’s product technology.
has been promoted “This approach makes the overall visit
to president of
essemtec opens new demo and to the ALPHA website more interesting
Cookson Electron-
training center in suzhou, china and informative for our customers,” said
ics’ Assembly Mate-
Essemtec opened a new customer training Bruce Moloznik, ALPHA’s vice president,
rials Group (AMG),
center in Suzhou, China, with automatic global marketing.
www.cooksonelectronics.com
with responsibility
and semiautomatic SMD production
for its global busi-
equipment installed for demos, education credit crisis crunches DraM
nesses: Alpha and
and evaluation. suppliers
Cookson Electronics Semiconductor
The new showroom is operated by Es- Already reeling from a major downturn
Packaging (CESP). Rick joined Cook-
semtec’s local distributor, Smart Technol- in business conditions, DRAM suppliers
son in 1987, and during his 21 years
ogy Ltd. The Suzhou trainings center is now face another challenge: raising money
with AMG, he has acquired extensive
currently equipped with a highly flexible for servicing debt and for funding capital
global electronics assembly industry
automatic PANTERA-XV pick & place spending, according to iSuppli Corp.
knowledge running its Americas, Euro-
machine, a semiautomatic EXPERT-SAFP “DRAM suppliers that already are facing
pean and Asian regional businesses.
SMD placement machine, and a semiauto- cash issues soon may not be able to service
matic SP003-MLV stencil printer. debts that are coming due soon,” said Nam
akrometrix names Nicolas
www.essemtec.com Hyung Kim, director and chief analyst for
Khoury president/ceo iSuppli. “Furthermore, DRAM suppli-
Nicolas W. Khoury, who brings to
elcoteq receives excellence in ers may encounter problems in trying to
Akrometrix more than 26 years of expe-
environment Management award finance their capital expenditures.”
rience managing global high technol-
Elcoteq SE’s manufacturing plant in Ban- Kim warned that some DRAM firms
ogy companies, joined Akrometrix as
galore, India, received the prestigious 2007- will face serious liquidity issues in the near
its president and chief executive officer.
2008 ELCINA -DUN & BRADSTREET future, based on the pace of their cash
Prior to joining Akrometrix Nick was
first place award for Excellence in Environ- burn and the maturation of their short-
the president of iFire Technology Ltd.
ment Management. The award was present- term debt.
www.isuppli.com
a Canadian research and technology
ed by Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman,
company involved in flat panel display
National Manufacturing Competitiveness surge in visitor quantity and qual-
applications.
Council (NMCC), at a ceremony in New ity marks a new peak for NepcoN
Delhi, India in September. The ELCINA south china 2008
elcoteq appoints roger Taylor
- Dun & Bradstreet Awards for Excellence NEPCON/EMT South China hit new
senior vice president in Electronics Hardware Manufacturing
heights when the 2008 edition closed its
Roger Taylor has been appointed senior and Services recognize the achievements of
doors on a series of records. The 14th
vice president, group operations and electronics/IT manufacturing companies
annual Shenzhen show benefited from a
member of the Elcoteq management in India. Elcoteq Bangalore was inaugu-
cornucopia of new releases, and education-
team. He will be based in Zug, Switzer- rated in 2005 in Bangalore, India. It is one
al and networking events that provoked a
land. Taylor has had positions within of Elcoteq’s four volume manufacturing
surge in visitors. The exhibition, renowned
major communication technology plants in the Asia-Pacific region.
for setting the pace for the industry,
OEM’s like Nokia and Motorola. Most
www.elcoteq.com
confirmed its reputation with a record-
recently he has worked as an indepen-
breaking 25,912 visitors and its concurrent
dent consultant in numerous overseas
DKl Metals products now available events including Assembly Technology
assignments for EMS companies.
in smaller quantities on the web Expo China, Automotive Electronics
Products from DKL Metals Ltd., a UK South China and Finetech China 2008
solder manufacturer, now available to pur- over the four days.
www.nepconchina.com
chase in smaller quantities via the Surclean
10 – Global SMT & Packaging – November 2008
www.globalsmt.net
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