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THE GLOBAL HI-TECH ELECTRONICS PUBLICATION March, 2018
SHENMAO Expands Globally, Sees Strong Year Ahead
San Jose, CA — Taiwanese solder materials manufacturer SHENMAO Technology is strengthening its glob- al position with new quality accredi-
Viscom exhibits high-resolu- tion PCB X-ray system. Prod- uct Preview begins on…
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MIRTEC Boosts INOVAR's Quality through Inspection
tations and facilities in Thailand, Germany and the U.S. “Since the company was estab- lished 45 years ago, SHENMAO has
been dedicated to the manufacturing of solder and soldering materials. As the company grows, these products remain our most important,” says Watson Tseng, general manager, SHENMAO America. “Quality is our first priority without compromise.” Founded in Taiwan in 1973, the
company provides the electronics in- dustry with solder paste, BGA spheres, solder wire, solder bar, flux, and solder preforms. The company’s first offices were opened in Guang- dong, China, Penang, Malaysia, and Hong Kong in 1989 and 1990. In 2003, the SHENMAO Micro Material Institute was established to
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INOVAR partners with MIRTEC to install 3D AOI
and SPI in two of its facilities. EMS section begins on…
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Assembly and Production
Sandy Chew, senior global account manager (left), and Watson Tseng, general manager (right), SHENMAO America.
SCS coats complex electronics with flexible dispensers; Saki drives new levels of product quality through M2M commu- nications; Optical Control re- duces inventory confusion through high-speed X-ray component counting. Special Features begin on…
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Heraeus Secures Rights to Sulfur-Containing Alloys
Hanau, Germany — With support from Heraeus, researchers at Saar- land University in Saarbrücken, Ger- many, have developed a new class of amorphous metals. These titanium- sulfur alloys are almost twice as strong as conventional titanium-based metals and are excellent for light- weight aerospace components.
In aerospace products, every
ounce of weight saved makes a dif- ference, and the stability and strength of the material are crucial. Heraeus’ amorphous metals startup provided financial and logistical sup- port to the Saarland University re- search team. Heraeus has secured the usage rights for most of the new alloys (patent pending). By creating the amorphous
metals startup, Heraeus is expand- ing its expertise in the processing and application of new classes of ma- terials. “The market is clamoring for new materials with new material properties. We can melt, roll, and ad- ditively manufacture amorphous metals,” says startup director Dr. Hans Jürgen Wachter. “Over the
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2017 Saw Five-Year High in Global Semi Spending
London, U.K. — In a clear sign of re- covery from a disappointing down- turn two years ago, global spending on semiconductors rose to a five-year high in 2017. The growth was spurred by a hike in the pricing of memory components, as well as by solid growth in chip spending across all technology markets. The served available market
(SAM) for semiconductor spending worldwide amounted last year to $292 billion, up a resounding 17 per- cent from 2016. The double-digit growth is the strongest since the be- ginning of the forecast period in 2013 and represents a stunning turn- around from a 2 percent contraction in 2015.
The SAM metric counts only ex-
penditures that an OEM and its des- ignated manufacturer or contractor made as an external agent, which gives a truer picture of the state of chip spending in the electronics in- dustry. This is because the SAM does not factor in OEM chip spending done at in-house divisions — as can happen with entities like Samsung Electronics, which has internal Sam- sung affiliates as customers compet- ing with external clients in sourcing
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