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Session 2 of IPC-SMTA Conference:
Conformal Coating Dense
Electronics
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The conference is
focused on the clean-
liness of highly dense
electronic assemblies to
achieve quality and reli-
ability within the stated
in-field environment.
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India's Smart Cities Mission
Spurs Domestic Manufacturing
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In 2015, India's Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi created the
Smart Cities Mission Program,
which is an urban improve-
ment initiative. One hundred
Indian cities were selected to
participate in the project after
a competitive process that compared funding
with each city's individual ability to comply
with the program and reach its goals.
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IPC APEX EXPO 2019 Offers
Future-focused Courses, Sessions
and Research
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Changing technolo-
gies that are driving
the electronics indus-
try will take center
stage throughout the
IPC APEX EXPO 2019
technical conference
and professional development sessions, which
will take place January 26-31 at the San Diego
Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Kimball Electronics Completes
Acquisition of GES
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Kimball Electronics Inc. has completed the
purchase of substantially all of the assets and
assumed certain liabilities of GES Holdings
Inc., Global Equipment Services and Manufac-
turing Inc., and its subsidiaries (GES).
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IMI Opens 21st Manufacturing
Site in Serbia
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Integrated Micro-
Electronics, Inc. (IMI),
the 5th largest auto-
motive EMS in the
world and a subsid-
iary of AC Industri-
al Technology Hold-
ings, Inc. (AC Industrials) recently inaugurated
IMI Serbia, its latest manufacturing facility, on
September 29, at the City of Niš, Republic of
Serbia.
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Varitron's Patrice Lavoie Joins
intelliFLEX Board of Directors
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Patrice Lavoie, vice-pres-
ident of sales and busi-
ness development at EMS
provider Varitron, has joined
intelliFLEX Innovation Alli-
ance's board of directors.
An industry veteran with
more than 22 years of experience, Lavoie has
industrial engineering background combined
with IPC Class 3 training and has previously
worked as a business unit manager, director of
operations, and supply chain manager, among
other roles.
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