Title
Industry news,
being certified itself. At both locations they www.orprovision.com
continued from page 8
further emphasized the “high motivation
in the UK. TT are benefiting from
and flexibility of the staff“. www.ruwel.com Alpha appoints solder connection
lower material handling costs, faster
Alpha-Cookson Electronics Assembly
material flow and tighter control over
sMArT sysTeMs iNTegrATioN Materials has appointed the Solder
2010
inventory, allowing the company to
Connection as its exclusive distribution
The 4th European Conference &
serve its customers better. anufacturing
partner for the UK and Ireland territories.
Exhibition on integration issues of
in Rogerstone is typically low-volume/
The Solder Connection had been an
miniaturized systems—MEMS, MOEMS,
high-mix and kits of material are counted
Alpha Metals regional distributor for
ICs and electronic components—will be
on their return from production. Reel
some 20 years before being appointed sole
held 23-24 March in Como, Italy. The
aMounts is replacing traditional, electro-
UK and Ireland distribution partner. In
main purpose of the SSI 2010 is the
mechanical counting systems, streamlining
addition to the Alpha assembly materials
sharing of knowledge concerning smart
materials handling in this area.
range, the Solder Connection will also
systems integration. Increasing complexity
www.seratel.ie, www.ReelaMounts.com
stock, sell and distribute the established
and multidisciplinarity are demanding

Fry’s range of industrial soldering
sAMe 2009 Forum—12th forum on
the highest standards from developers. materials, from Cookson, including
Microelectronics
Different areas of expertise, such as micro solders, solder paints and fluxes.
SAME 2009 Forum (Sophia Antipolis
system and nano technology, optics, www.solderconnection.com
forum on MicroElectronics) provides an
fluidics, biology, medicine, electronics
exceptional venue for discussions and
and wireless communication need to be KgD Napa workshop relocates to
demonstrations with the opportunity to
combined. Science and industry define the santa clara for 2009 event
meet exhibitors displaying microelectronics
contents. The 16th Annual KGD Packaging and
related products. This year it will be held
www.smartsystemsintegration.com Test Workshop, typically held in Napa,
22-23 September in Sophia Antipolis,
California, during September, will be held
France. This year the main topic is wireless
rehm Thermal systems signs in Santa Clara, California, this year on
distribution agreement with eNcoN
technology in daily life. SAME 2009
September 14-15 at the Biltmore Hotel.
ENCON will now handle the distribution
Forum offers a unique opportunity to
This year the workshop will be sponsored
of Rehm Thermal Systems’ diverse line
debate key issues and future trends within
by SEMI. The workshop will have a
of soldering products in Poland. The
a high level technical environment.
special focus on enabling KGD for 3D
management and staff at ENCON have
www.same-conference.org
integration, including stacked die packages
deep, established relationships with

and through silicon via (TSV) applications.
MirTec appoints sales rep for
these markets and their business model www.
Michigan, ohio, indiana & Kentucky
aligns closely with that of Rehm Thermal semi.org/en/eventstradeshows/ctr_028689
Automated optical inspection equipment
Systems. www.maszynysmt.pl,
supplier MIRTEC Corp. appointed
www.rehm-group.com pcB West 2009 registration open
Horizon Sales as its’ manufacturers’
Registration is now open for the PCB West
representative. Located in Brighton, Mich.,
corintech invests in Aoi technical conference and trade show. The
Cleveland and Kokomo, Ind., Horizon
Corintech, the Fordingbridge- premier conference and exhibition for the
manages and sells to the midwestern states
based electronic product design and PCB supply chain, including engineers,
of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Western
manufacturer, has invested in automatic designers, fabricators, assemblers and
Pennsylvania and the greater Chicago
optical inspection (AOI) equipment from managers, PCB West 2009 will be held
area. In business for more than 14 years,
Yes Tech. Following exhaustive trials, the September 14 - 18 at the Santa Clara (CA)
Horizon has supplied equipment and
Yes Tech YTV B3D was found to tick Marriott. Held annually in the Silicon
supplies to some of the most well known
all of the selection criteria and offer the Valley since 1992, PCB West provides
names in the industry including Lexmark,
most compelling commercial option for show attendees—printed circuit board
Delphi, Libra Industries, Rockwell
Corintech. The AOI capability is proving (PCB) engineers, designers, fabricators,
Automation, Lucent Sparton, Kimball,
to be of great benefit to Corintech’s assemblers and managers—with the most
and Jabil Circuits. www.horizonsales.com,
clients, particularly those in the medical targeted conference in the PCB design
www.mirtecusa.com
and aerospace industries. www.corintech.com industry. www.pcbwest.com


ruWel pcB manufacturing plants in
orpro Vision appoints Alfa Test as eV group secures order from
geldern and pfullingen certified
distributor components manufacturer epcos
Geldern and Pfullingen, the German
Orpro Vision, having recently acquired EV Group (EVG) announced that
locations of RUWEL GmbH, one of
the European and American AOI business EPCOS, selected EVG’s fully automated
the leading European manufacturers of
from Orbotech, is consolidating its pres- GEMINI wafer bonder for high-volume
printed circuit boards, have now passed
ence in Europe by appointing partners RF components production for EPCOS’s
the TÜV audits for certification of their
among the most experienced distribution production facility based in Munich,
quality assurance system in accordance
and customer support companies serv- Germany. EPCOS is utilizing EVG’s wafer
with ISO TS 16949. In Pfullingen, the
ing the SMT market. Alfa Test, based bonder to manufacture surface acoustic
auditors commended that the plant, as
in Timisoara, Romania, will distribute wave (SAW) filters embedded in RF devices
a member of an already certified group,
Orpro Vision’s AOI systems and software for a variety of applications.
obviously had “lived“ the standard before
in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, www.EVGroup.com
Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia.
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