30 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2021
Lockheed Martin, Thales Australia
to Develop Sovereign Weapons Manufac-
turing Capabilities in Australia
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Lockheed Martin and ales Australia have
finalized a teaming agreement advancing the
delivery of an Australian guided weapons man-
ufacturing capability in support of a sovereign
national guided weapons enterprise.
Emerald EMS DataED Manufacturing
Site Earns AS9100D Certification
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Emerald Electronics Manufacturing Services
(Emerald EMS) announced that its DataED
facility, located in Salem, N.H., is the third of
its manufacturing sites to attain the AS9100-
2016 Rev D certification, an essential quality
control standard for serving the aerospace and
defense market.
Lenthor Engineering Adds Joel Robbins
as Business Development Manager
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Lenthor Engineering, Inc., a California-based
designer, manufacturer and assembler of
flex and rigid-flex printed circuit boards, has
added Joel Robbins in the role of business
development manager, with primary respon-
sibility for the South Central and South East
territories.
WHMA/IPC Announces Dates
for M-EXPO 2022
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e fourth M-EXPO Wire Processing Tech-
nology exhibition (M-EXPO) will be held in
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Septem-
ber 21-22, 2022. Due to ongoing COVID-19
health and welfare concerns, the event will not
be held in 2021.
PRIDE Industries: A Nonprofit EMS and
Staffing Firm Moves Into Mil-aero
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PRIDE Industries is a contract manufacturing
provider with a twist: e company provides
training and coaching for job seekers with dis-
abilities, including service-disabled veterans. If
they don't have openings in their Sacramento
facility, they may have a job for you in one of
15 other states.
Adventures in Engineering: Component
Unavailability
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Component unavailability is a thorn in the side
of everyone, from engineering to manufactur-
ing, and is manifested in many ways—obsoles-
cence, long lead times, raw material shortages,
and catastrophic events (fires, natural disas-
ters) to name a few.
Consider This: Termination
of Flex Circuits
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ere are many ways to terminate and connect
flexible circuits to a rigid PCB. e most widely
used technologies fall into four main catego-
ries: Reinforced male finger contacts, unrein-
forced male finger contacts, standard through-
hole and surface mount PCB connectors and
insulation displacement connectors.
TT Electronics Announces Move to
Facility Near Dallas
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TT Electronics, a global provider of engi-
neered electronics for performance critical
applications, is consolidating its North Amer-
ican Sensors and Specialist Components oper-
ations and moving into a new, purpose-built
facility in Plano, TX.
