48 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2020
Will Moisture Management Expand
to the U.S. Market?
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Rich Heimsch, Super Dry director, chats with
Nolan Johnson about the growing demand for
moisture management in North America versus
its earlier adoption in Europe, and how mois-
ture management fits into Industry 4.0 and the
smart factory.
MacDermid Alpha's ALPHA OM-550 Solder
Paste to be Demonstrated by Vermes
Microdispensing at IPC APEX EXPO
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MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, lead-
ers in innovative electronic interconnect tech-
nologies, had its revolutionary low-temperature
solder paste, ALPHA OM-550 HRL1, demon-
strated by Vermes Microdispensing on their lat-
est solder paste jetting dispense system, MDS
1560 with DST (Dynamic Shockwave Technol-
ogy), during this year's IPC APEX EXPO in San
Diego, California.
Dow Introduces First Solventless
Silicone Conformal Coating
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Dow introduced at IPC APEX EXPO 2020 new
DOWSIL™ CC-8030 UV and Moisture Dual-Cure
Conformal Coating, the industry's first solvent-
less silicone conformal coating with an ultra-
violet (UV) and moisture dual-cure system for
high throughputs.
Koh Young America Honors Its
Top-performing Sales Partners
at IPC APEX EXPO
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Combining an award-winning portfolio of True
3D Solder Paste Inspection, Automatic Opti-
cal Inspection, and KSMART factory connectiv-
ity software with the industry's finest group of
sales representatives helped Koh Young realize
outstanding results in 2019.
LPKF Introduces New Depaneling Laser
Systems at IPC APEX EXPO 2020
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LPKF Laser & Electronics is introducing the
LPKF CuttingMaster family of laser depan-
eling systems for rigid and flex PCBs at IPC
APEX EXPO. Available with different laser
sources, power levels, and two different
working areas, the CuttingMaster 2000 and
CuttingMaster 3000 systems are suited to
achieve the highest quality results for nearly
every depaneling task.
Technica USA-SMT Division to
Represent Teradyne's Production
Board Test Equipment
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Technica USA has reached a sales represen-
tation agreement with Teradyne Incorporated
to represent its production board test equip-
ment in Northern California, Nevada, Oregon,
Washington, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana,
and Wyoming.
KIC Announces Expanded Sales
Territory for BarTron Inc.
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KIC announced the expansion of BarTron Inc.'s
sales territory to include the states of Ohio,
Kentucky, and Western Pennsylvania. BarTron
has been representing KIC in Michigan for
more than 20 years, and with this expansion,
BarTron's Nick Papp and Matt Bonweg (who
is a former decades-long KIC user), will repre-
sent KIC products.
GÖPEL electronic Ends Financial Year With
Historic Record Sales
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With a turnover of 40 million Euros, GÖPEL
electronic from Jena, Germany, was able to
achieve a sales record in the past fiscal year
2019. The strong previous year was exceeded
by two percentage points, and the number of
employees was also increased.
