A 4-mm feeder of Assembléon’s A-Series pick & place machines improves the reliability of 01005 component placement.

Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems and Mentor Graphics announced the first phase of integration between Siemens’ SIPLACE product range and Mentor’s Valor® MSS™ suite of manufacturing operations products via the SIPLACE Operations Information Broker (OIB).

Yang Amat Berhormat Tuan Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, officiated the Opening Ceremony for the only electronics manufacturing exhibition in Malaysia.

National Instruments announced new interfaces for PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and DeviceNet that make it possible for engineers to connect LabVIEW, programmable automation controllers (PACs) and embedded systems to their existing industrial networks.

Hyderabad based Sujana Energy  has entered into strategic partnership with the Japanese Company Nichia Corporation to explore opportunities in the field of LED lighting and display for the first time in India.

The Indian consumer durable industry is witnessing a huge growth of 30% owing to increase in summer sales which further lead to highest growth of 50% in sales of Refrigerators and Air Conditioners.

KIC was selected as Best Supplier of the Year by EM Asia’s readers.

At the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging trade show in Nuremberg, Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems (SEAS) presented a new, software-based setup concept for SIPLACE placement machines with intelligent X-feeders.

Traqu, the new 3-D measurement system from Essemtec, delivers more than traditional AOI systems can. It features an infrared interferometer, it creates a digital 3-D model of an object with an accuracy of a nanometer.

Essemtec's new Tucano stencil printer, developed from the SP900 printer with improvements in terms of speed, accuracy and reliability, features exceptionally low energy consumption and cost of ownership.

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation recently recognized four of its employees for completing Digi-Key’s Technical Scholarship program and receiving Electronics Technology degrees from Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC), USA.

LEDs made by DOMINANT Opto Technologies are illuminating the indicators of a LGE Monitor TV proving that they perfect fit for other applications.

New range includes over 230 new semiconductors, bringing the total to over 1300 products available direct-from-stock for next-day-delivery.

Trafalgar Publications announces a world-class program of training workshops at GEM Expo 2010, which is scheduled to take place October 5-7, 2010 at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil.

In response to member requests for benchmarking data, IPC released IPC Study of Quality Benchmarks for the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Industry for 2009.

Premier Farnell congratulates Bijal (Bee) Thakore, Technical Assistant to Premier Farnell's CEO Harriet Green, on being named '2010 Young Achiever of the Year' by the Asian Women of Achievements Awards held in London on 19 May.

NEPCON Malaysia 2010 is on track to return stronger and better with 24% more new exhibitors and 53 new products being showcased, amidst renewed optimism in the electronics manufacturing industry during June 15 - 17, 2010.

In partnership with its Malaysia agent, SIP Technology, SIPLACE will launch its latest innovation – SIPLACE SX for the SEA market at Nepcon Penang 2010 scheduled during June 15 - 17, 2010.

YESTECH, a leading supplier of automated optical and x-ray inspection systems for the electronics industry, announced today the introduction of the next generation inspection solution, the FX-UV Automated Conformal Coating Inspection System.

Economic research firm e-forecasting.com today announced that the Asia Pacific Semiconductor Chip Sales leading indicator edged up in April by 0.5 percent to a reading of 371.4, after increasing  2.6 percent in March.