64 SMT Magazine • July 2015
Mil/Aero007
Highlights
64 SMT Magazine • July 2015
IPC Releases Report for Lead-Free
Electronics in Mil/Aero Applications
The study examines the use of reballing lead-free
assemblies in order to meet high-reliability require-
ments, and it estimates the average costs that this
workaround typically adds to board production. It
also estimates the price differential of scarce com-
ponents and identifies the tipping points at which
the industry can be expected to go fully lead free.
LACROIX Electronics Proves Position
in Aerospace Sub-contracting
LACROIX Electronics proposes first class industrial
know-how that guarantees development and in-
dustrialization of complex products under excep-
tionally rigorous quality conditions required by
the aerospace sector.
Kitron Expands in Lithuania
Kitron officially opened its new production facili-
ties and engineering services centre in Kaunas on
Wednesday. This is a major manufacturing base
for Kitron and underscores the strategic impor-
tance of the Lithuania division.
Ducommun Named John Deere
Partner-level Supplier
The Partner-level status is Deere & Company's
highest supplier rating. Ducommun provides John
Deere Electronic Solutions with complex, high-re-
liability printed circuit board assemblies and elec-
tronic systems used in equipment for the agricul-
tural industry.
Kitron Inks Frame Agreement with SAAB
Avionics Systems
Kitron's subsidiary Kitron AB in Jönköping, Swe-
den, has signed a strategically important long-
term frame agreement with Saab AB (Business
Unit Avionics Systems) for military avionics and
aeronautic electronic equipment.
OEL Earns AS9100, Invests for Growth
Outsource Electronics Limited, a member of the
Season Group, has obtained AS9100 certification
for its facility in Havant, UK. This is the culmination
of a series of major investments in the site over the
past two years.
Plexus Earns AS9100 for Engineering
Solutions in Europe
Plexus Corp. announced today that its Livingston
Design Center in Scotland has achieved AS9100
certification. This center provides engineering so-
lutions and award-winning customer service ex-
cellence to many of the world's leading branded
product companies.
Commercial Aviation Market to Top
$300B by 2018
The introduction of new aircraft types and size-
able order backlogs point to significant expansion
and changes to support requirements in the next
five years. "Production in 2013 was $161.7 billion,
and that number is forecast to jump to $317.5 bil-
lion by 2018," said Ben Moores, senior analyst at
IHS Aerospace, Defence & Security.
Flight Navigation System Market
2014-2020
Flight navigation systems consist of FMS that com-
prises a navigation database, which contains ele-
ments from which a flight plan is made. In other
words, it integrates navigation and performance
with aircraft operations and harmonizes all the
functions starting from pre-engine start and take-
off to landing and engine shut-down.
EU Imposes Mandatory Conflict
Minerals Requirements
The European Parliament voted 402 in favour,
versus 118 against, with 171 abstentions on a
proposal to require companies, including elec-
tronics firms, that buy gold, tantalum, tin and
tungsten to certify imports do not provide
financial support to conflict. The regulation ap-
plies to all conflict-affected high risk areas in the
world, of which the Democratic Republic of Con-
go and the Great Lakes area are the most obvious
example.
