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LORD CORPORATION EXPANDS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LABORATORIES, R&D CENTER
(Cary, NC – Dec. 11, 2008) -- LORD Corporation -- a leading supplier of thermal management materials, adhesives, coatings and encapsulants to the electronics industry – has announced a $2.5 million renovation to its electronic materials labs in Cary, N.C. According to John Hill, Technology Manager for LORD Corporation’s Electronic Boards and Components Industry Group, the expansion – which includes not only additional physical space but also new equipment – allows LORD to increase their capabilities for technology development including live device reliability testing on individual packages. As part of the expansion, LORD consolidated labs previously located in Elverson, Pa., and Indianapolis, Ind. with their Cary location. The expansion includes roughly 7500 square feet of new or refurbished lab space and more than $600,000 in newly installed instruments and equipment. Examples of new instruments include a Sonix fusion scanning acoustic microscope, Yestech YTX 3000 x-ray and a Keyence 5000X digital microscope. “As a speciality chemical company active in the electronics marketplace since 1961, LORD has distinguished itself through chemical flexibility and system design by offering comprehensive solutions in multiple chemistries,” said Hill. “By consolidating our operations and expanding our tools and development space, we’ll be able to leverage all of our resources and provide more rapid solution development from specialty resin synthesis through custom process design.” |
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ROCKWELL COLLINS GRANT SUPPORTS OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR MENTORING FOR LATINAS IN COMPUTING
(San Jose, CA) - One of the fastest growing professional groups is Hispanic women in computing, doubling in the last seven years. Yet of nearly three million employed computer scientists in the U.S. last year, Hispanic women still represented less than 1%. One of the most successful ways to get students excited about engineering and scientific fields and to guide them to professional careers is to match them with mentors who already work for corporations.
Latinas in Computing, a grass-roots group, has teamed with MentorNet to build these relationships. Now, a new grant from Rockwell Collins will help support outreach efforts to expand their joint efforts. For over ten years, MentorNet has used the web to match students at 120 colleges and universities with appropriate mentors at corporations, government labs and agencies who engage them one-on-one with a successful, extended mentoring program using email and other communications. "We look forward to working with MentorNet to showcase the multitude of professional growth and development opportunities available for Hispanic women in our industry," said Karen Brown, director of Diversity for Rockwell Collins. "Supporting groups such as Latinas in the Computing reinforces our diversity strategy of building a workforce that represents a variety of people who have different backgrounds, beliefs, viewpoints, ideas, experiences and perspectives." "MentorNet has a long track record of success guiding and retaining women and minorities in engineering, science and related fields through these programs," noted David Porush, MentorNet CEO. "Bringing our experience and services to Latinas to help them find professional careers in computing, with the help of this new Rockwell Collins grant, is a great extension of our mission."
MentorNet's Latinas in Computing website provides direct access for Latinas students in computing sciences and engineering to participate in mentoring and networking, including opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty to engage in one-on-one mentoring relationships with professionals in their fields.
With this grant, Rockwell Collins joins Texas Instruments, Sun Microsystems, and the Association of Women in Science in support of the program. |
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PennWell Launches Photovoltaics World Magazine, Exhibitions
Tulsa, OK, November 20, 2008 – PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it will launch Photovoltaics World magazine to address the rapidly growing global photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing industry. The first issue of the bimonthly magazine will be published in March 2009. PennWell also announced two new Photovoltaics World Exhibitions, to be held in the U.S. and Europe in 2010, in conjunction with the company’s existing Renewable Energy World Conferences & Exhibitions. By 2020, about 50,000 megawatts (50 gigawatts) worth of photovoltaic (PV) systems will be installed annually, up by a factor of nearly 20X from 2,538 megawatts in 2007. By 2010, as many as 400 production lines in the world that can produce at least 1MW of PV cells per year will be in place, representing a fourfold increase from about 90 to 100 production lines in 2007. Photovoltaics World is a natural extension of the coverage of the photovoltaics/solar cell industry by several PennWell brands, including Solid State Technology, Renewable Energy World, Laser Focus World and Power Engineering. “PennWell is in a unique position among publishing companies in that we already have strong brands devoted to renewable energy, photonics and solid-state devices,” said Robert F. Biolchini, PennWell president and CEO. Biolchini added that PennWell’s Technology Group based in Nashua, New Hampshire under Christine Shaw, senior vice president, will manage the Photovoltaics World magazine launch. “Photovoltaics technology is all about bandgap engineering and looking for ways to increase cell efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs,” said Peter Singer, Editor-in-Chief of Solid State Technology. “Many of the latest advances have come from applying know-how originally developed for semiconductor manufacturing, and we expect to see more of the same.” In addition to a bimonthly print magazine, the Photovoltaics World launch will include a dedicated Website and a weekly newsletter, PV Times. Coverage for a planned circulation exceeding 20,000 readers will focus on solar cell design and manufacture, including cells made of multi-, mono- and nano-crystalline silicon, amorphous thin-film silicon, cadmium telluride, copper indium diselenide (CIS) and GaAs. Multijunction cells and concentrator technology will also be covered. “With the PV industry poised for strong growth, Photovoltaics World magazine will be a great addition to PennWell’s renewable energy starting lineup,” said Richard Baker, vice president of PennWell’s North American Power Generation Group based in Tulsa. “Photovoltaics World magazine will be a perfect fit with PennWell’s Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo, Renewable Energy World magazine and Renewable Energy World.com Web site, further enhancing our role as the world’s #1 renewable energy network.” |
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Cleaning Prior to Conformal Coating
ZESTRON Successfully Presented at the Penang SMTA Chapter Vendor Day
Manassas, Va. – November 25, 2008 ZESTRON is pleased to announce its successful participation during the recent Penang SMTA Chapter Vendor on Friday, November 14, 2008 in Penang, Malaysia. Christian Aßfalg, accredited Cleaning Expert and Senior Process Engineer with ZESTRON presented a recently completed study on “Cleaning Requirements Prior to Conformal Coating”. This study showed, that the number of contaminations such as greases, flux residues and surfactant-based cleaning agents which are created during the assembly processes, can severely impact the adhesion of protective coatings and might lead to corrosion and electrical failure. Therefore, proper cleaning of the contaminated boards becomes an essential process step. About 100 participants showed great interest in Aßfalg’s presentation, as he elaborated on problems and required corrective actions needed to achieve high reliability assemblies. He described the requirements for the surface cleanliness of assemblies prior to conformal coating and presented fast and cost-effective test methods to analyze the cleanliness level. Furthermore he outlined necessary steps to overcome cleaning process limitations and potential improvements on quality and cost. |
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S and Y Industries, Inc. Achieves UL Certification
S and Y Industries, Inc. Passes Standard for Wiring, Printed – Component - Printed Wiring Assemblies
Winfield, KS – S and Y Industries, Inc., a leading provider of electronic manufacturing services, today announced that their printed circuit board assembly practices comply with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. standard for Electronic Assembly under the industry recognized UL assigned designation ZPVI2. UL ZPVI2 is a standard for traceability compliance. The compliance of materials and components used in UL certified end products is an important step in getting safer products to market. It is a manufacturer’s responsibility to assure that all components and materials have documentation that may be traced back to the UL certified manufacturer. “We are delighted with this certification,” said John Foust, Vice President of Sales and Finance. “We want S and Y to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers. UL listing is a key component to satisfy the industry need for safety and performance.” S and Y is nationally recognized in the industry as an experienced, quality focused Electronic Contract Manufacturer. They operate in over 30,000 square feet of space on 5 acres and boasts certified J-STD-001, quality conscience, experienced technicians. The company is headquartered in Winfield, KS and was founded in 1984. They have a diverse workforce and employ approximately 80 people. To learn more, visit the S and Y web site at www.sandyindustries.com . |
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Integrated Ideas & Technologies, Inc. Announces Desktop Companion II
IIT, Inc. has developed a prototype solder paste printing tool
  If you have 100 boards to run and each board has to be taped down, you're looking at a lot of time and several rolls of masking tape” states Michael Ray, developer of the Desktop Companion II and president of IIT, Inc. For more information regarding this product, please visit IIT's website at www.integratedideas.com
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