Bottom reached, ‘turning point’ in sight?
• SAC305. aSPIre-2, at IPC/APEX 2009, Las Vegas, • commercialized a white colored PCB
CyberOptics named Hitech Electronics as Nevada. material, Sumi Light BL alpha- 4325,
its representative in Brazil. LPKF named Dr. Ingo Bretthauer CEO. as an LED module substrate.
DEK introduced VectorGuard Platinum Manncorp introduced ECO-300, new • expects its material business for packag-
stencil solution for ultra fine-pitch print- small-footprint lead-free wave solder ing applications to reach 20 billion yen
ing. machine. revenue by 2012.
DNP developed the world thinnest lead Marantz Business Electronics appointed Sypris Test & Measurement opened a
frame (0.15 mm thick). SmartRep as its distributer in Germany. calibration laboratory in Jalisco, Mexico.
Dow Corning scientist Thomas Lane was MVTS Technologies (refurbished ATE Teledyne and Pintail formed a semicon-
named president of The American Chemi- equipment & service provider) expanded ductor test alliance for improving yield,
cal Society. its Thailand facility from 19,000 to 27,000 optimizing quality and reducing the cost
DuPont raised its 2009 cost-cutting SF and added an additional 30 test cells of test.
forecast toUS $1.1B and cut y/y capital dedicated to the repair operations of legacy Tokai Shoji commercialized a new RTR
spending by 20%. Credence test equipment. type screen printer with higher productiv-
EEJA introduced a new Ni/Pd/Au PWB MYDATA received an order for two new ity for manufacturing flexible circuits and
surface treatment plating process to reduce MY9 pick-and-place machines from West solar cells.
manufacturing costs over Ni/Au. Instruments and an order for a MY19e Trace introduced a new certification and
Enthone: pick-and-place machine from General testing program for tin whisker growth on
• promoted Gary Sutcliffe to manager, Monitors. lead-free components.
corporate technical services - Enthone Nihon Superior introduced lead-free extra Union Tool reduced investment for its
Americas. fine flux-cored solder SN100C (030) wire manufacturing facilities in 2009 from 6.5
• introduced OrmeSTAR Ultra PWB suitable for fine pitch applications. billion to 2 billion yen.
Final Finish. Nippon Mining & Metal terminated its Universal Instruments:
• ggp-Schaltungen received approval thin copper laminate business for COF • appointed elnitec its distributor in
from Satorius to supply OrmeSTAR substrates for LCD driver modules. Sweden and IPS Group as its sales
Ultra nanofinish. OHT was delisted from stock market after representative for U.S. states of Texas,
ESI: its stock price did not satisfy the listing Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana,
• reduced president and CEO’s salary by requirement. as well as the Central and Southern
15% and VPs’ salaries by 12%. Omron: Mexico region.
• laid-off 84 employees. • Electronic Components entered design • installed AdVantisX SMT production
Essemtec: and distribution agreement with Power platform in McIntosh Laboratory’s
• named RSA Rosengren Consulting its & Signal Group. Binghamton plant.
distributor in Sweden. • introduced VT-X series x-ray inspection Valor:
• introduced a small-to-medium batch system, the world’s 1st dual-mode CT • appointed Lior De Picciotto EVP, busi-
convection oven RO300FC suitable for scanner. ness and strategy.
solder at aluminum cores. Orbotech sold its assembled PCB business • made American Tec its distributor
Etek Europe hired Sandor Kun for cus- in Europe and the Americas to Orpro and technical service provider in Asia
tomer support in Eastern Europe. Services (Italy). (China, India, and Vietnam).
Henkel named Luc Godefroid global sales Park Electrochemical appointed Ronald Wacker purchased land in Tennessee to set
director for semiconductor materials. Brett president of Nelco Products in Sin- up new hyperpure polycrystalline silicon
Heraeus acquired the Electronic and gapore and president of Nelco Technology facility for solar and semiconductor ap-
Decorative Materials business from BASF (Zhuhai FTZ) in Zhuhai, China. plications.
Catalysts. RBP Chemical Technology named Robert YESTech (Nordson subsidiary) opened its’
Hitachi developed a new termination Coleman managing director—Asia. new location in Carlsbad, California.
system with lead-free soldering for high Rehm Thermal Systems appointed Zuken collaborated with Mechatronics on
temperature power devices. Johnson Ma general sales manager (China 3D Board Modeler software tool for paral-
Indium Corporation promoted Paul Taiwan) and Andreas Brockt European lel MCAD/ECAD design.
Socha to manager of applications engineer- sales VP.
ing. Rogers cut 10% of its salaried staffing Walt Custer is an independent consultant
Intec Automation elektronische und elek- worldwide, froze salaries and reduced who monitors and offers a daily news service
trische Geräte Vertriebsgesellschaft filed operating and overhead expenses. and market reports on the PCB and assembly
for insolvency in Vienna, Austria. Samsung EM developed nano printing automation and semiconductor industries. He
IPTE: and inkjet processes for printing electron- can be contacted at walt@custerconsulting.com
• established its first affiliate in Africa in ics on flexible substrates. or visit www.
Tunisia. Schmid became the majority shareholder custerconsulting.com.
• cut 250 permanent and 150 temporary in SierraTherm Production Furnaces (Wat-
jobs. sonville, California). Jon Custer-Topai is vice president of Custer
Juki Automation Systems promoted Todd SETODEN commercialized a dust removal Consulting Group and responsible for the
O’Neil to sales manager for soldering machine for the PWB resist coating pro- corporation’s market research and news analysis
products. cess. activities. Jon is a member of the IPC and active
Kester celebrated 110 years in business. Shin-Kobe Electric developed a high ther- in the Technology Marketing Research Council.
KIC named A.E. Arrows Engineering its mal conductivity liquid crystal epoxy resin He can be contacted at
distributor in Italy. to replace ceramic base circuits. jon@custerconsulting.com.
Koh Young Technology unveiled their SMH Technologies appointed Alfa Test in
next generation solder paste inspec- Timisoara as a sales office for Romania.
tion and process optimization tool, the Sumitomo Bakelite:
28 – Global SMT & Packaging – March 2009 www.globalsmt.net
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