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Semicon West Intersolar
THE GLOBAL HI-TECH ELECTRONICS PUBLICATION July, 2012
SMTA China Names Megan Wendling Councilor of the Year
Shanghai, China — Megan Wendling, president of MW Associates, a global all-electronics marketing and elec- tronics assembly consultancy agency, was presented with the Councilor of the Year Award by SMTA China for
Positioning drives from Siko are just part of the many offer- ings at this year's Semicon West & Intersolar being held in San Francisco.
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Automating Everything in the EMS Line
Southern California’s SAI pro- vides a highly automated ap- proach to EMS, using Aegis Manu facturing Operations Soft - ware as a key component. The paperless factory floor shortens project launch time as pick-and- place and AOI programming can be driven through the same data import.
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Assembly&Production Meter mix and dispensing of potting compounds, new fluid jetting technology, the ongoing process of designing for assem- bly, the importance of dry cabi- net storage for maintaining component inventory, and find- ing the proper "middle path" to PCB cleaning — are all covered in this month's Special Focus section.
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the sixth consecutive year. The award was received during SMTA China’s annual awards presentation held in conjunction with its annual Breakfast Reception and Recognition Ceremony, held on April 26, 2012 at the Shang-
hai Expo Intercontinental Hotel dur- ing Nepcon China. Megan continuously supports
SMTA China’s events as well as ac- tively promotes SMTA China confer- ences, events and technical seminars globally and has done so for many years. In addition, in her role as Ad- visory Council member of SMTA Chi- na, she advises the chapter’s execu- tive committee on proficiency mat- ters as well as public relations for the SMTA chapters and council. According to the SMTA, Megan
received this award because of her ex- ceptional support of the trade associa- tion. The award was based on MW As- sociates’ contributions to the SMTA, including attendance at technical pro- grams, support of chapter and/or na- tional leaders, encouragement and support of participating members.
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Megan Wendling receives award from SMTA’s VP Communications Tom Forsythe.
IPC Board Chairman Urges Changes to SEC Rule Proposal
Washington, DC — Steve Pudles, Chairman of the Board of IPC —Asso- ciation Connecting Electronics Indus- tries®, recently testified before Con- gress to urge common-sense changes to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule on conflict minerals. IPC is advocating changes to the draft SEC rule imple- menting Section 1502 of the Dodd- Frank Act that would lessen the bur- den on small manufacturing compa- nies and make it easier for companies to more efficiently and effectively com- ply with the regulations.
“IPC supports the underlying
goal of Section 1502 of the Dodd- Frank Act, which is to address the grave human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),” testified Pudles, who is also the CEO of Spectral Re- sponse LLC, an electronics manufacturing services compa- ny located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. “However, I am con- cerned that the SEC’s draft regulations (that implement Section 1502) place a great bur- den on the private sector with too little regard for the chal- lenges they place on small busi- nesses and the benefits they of- fer the people of the DRC. “I encourage the SEC to
Constant Expansion at Saline
By Mario Sciberras, President, Saline Lectronics, Saline, MI
T
he very large static-controlled manufacturing floor at Saline Lectronics is constantly hum-
ming. The 110,000-ft.2 facility has recently been upgraded by the addi- tion of new equipment from Juki. Founded in 2002, Saline Lec- tronics, Inc. is a printed circuit
implement the requirements of Section 1502 in a manner that sup- ports the goals of the statute without unduly burdening U.S. manufactur- ing industries or causing unnecessary
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Saline’s President, Mario Sciberras with new Juki FlexSolder W510.
board (PCB) contract manufacturing firm located in Saline, MI a small city just south of Ann Arbor, and not far from Detroit. As such, the com-
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