AUGUST 2020 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 89
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SMTA International Conference and
Expo Goes Virtual
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The Surface Mount Technol-
ogy Association announced
that its annual conference
and exhibition, SMTA Inter-
national, will proceed for
2020 as a completely virtual
event starting September 28, 2020. The deci-
sion has been made in light of the COVID-19
pandemic to ensure the health and safety of all
those who attend.
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Sparton Corporation Sells its
Manufacturing and Design Services
Business to One Equity Partners
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Sparton Corporation, a provider
of engineered products for the
defense industry, entered into a
definitive agreement to sell its
contract manufacturing unit, Man-
ufacturing and Design Services, to
One Equity Partners, a middle-market private
equity firm.
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This Month in SMT007 Magazine:
Electronics Manufacturing—A
Critical Industry and Supply Chain
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Chris Peters represents the
U.S. Partnership for Assured
Electronics, where he advo-
cates for electronics manufac-
turing as a critical industry.
Here, he describes the cur-
rent status, the supply chain,
and what he sees in Washing-
ton, D.C.
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TT Electronics Adds Advanced
Industrial Electronics Manufacturing
Facility in Malaysia
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TT Electronics, a global pro-
vider of engineered electron-
ics for performance-critical
applications, announced that
its Global Manufacturing Solu-
tions Division is expanding its footprint by
opening operations in Kuantan, Malaysia, in
response to overwhelming customer demand
for an additional manufacturing center in Asia.
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ViTrox Expanding Into Mexico
With SMTo Engineering
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ViTrox Technologies—a machine
vision inspection solution pro-
vider of innovative, advanced
and cost-effective automated
3D machine vision inspection
solutions for the semiconductor and electron-
ics packaging industries—announced its cur-
rent business expansion of SMT inspection
solutions in Mexico.
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Big Move Creates New Opportunity
for U.S. Electronics Manufacturer
American Fibertek
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Recently acquired Ameri-
can Fibertek had been based
out of New Jersey for over 30
years but recently moved to
St. Petersburg, Florida. The
move allows the leading American-manufac-
tured electronics company to utilize and be
a part of the continually growing electronics
manufacturing scene in St. Petersburg area.
Chris Peters
Santoyo and Sanchez
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