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jabil Opens Innovation
Center
Strategically located in the Silicon Valley, the
100,000-square-foot Blue Sky center features Jabil's
intelligent digital supply chain toolset called Jabil
incontrol, factory-of-the-future technologies, state-
of-the-art ioT and rapid prototyping labs, as well as
access to advanced capabilities for increasing cus-
tomer collaboration and product innovation.
6
Solder jet Printing:
Is It the Right Time?
publisher barry Matties gets an update from nico
coenen, sales director for Mycronic, on their sol-
der jet printing system. Mycronic has been devel-
oping and pioneering this technology for 10 years
and they believe now is the time for it to gain real
traction. one thing is certain; solder jet printing
certainly has advanced and could make a big dif-
ference in process and quality.
7
electronics Industry Leaders
urge Full Funding of nnMI
Top executives from leading electronics companies
across the united States are calling on congress
to provide robust funding for the new national
network for Manufacturing innovation (nnMi),
as they gather in Washington, D.c. for iMPAcT
2015: iPc on capitol hill.
8
SjIT, Solder joint Integrity Test,
To Find Latent Defects in
Printed Wiring Board Assembly
capacitance method and ieee 1149.1 or bound-
ary scan method are often used to find opens
between component leads and pads on a print-
ed wiring board. These methods, however, can
find complete opens or complete shorts only.
There is a method to find such latent defects
by using 4-wire small resistance measurement
technique.
9
IPC Posts Committee Reports
from IPC APeX eXPO 2015
These standards committee reports from ipc ApeX
eXpo 2015 have been compiled to help keep you
up to date on ipc standards committee activities.
This is the first in a series of reports.
J
Celestica's Q1 Results
Meet Guidance
"celestica delivered revenue and adjusted earn-
ings per share in line with our guidance," said
craig Muhlhauser, celestica's president and ceo.
"Despite a challenging demand environment,
we also delivered year-over-year improvement
in free cash flow, driven by our continued strong
operational performance throughout our global
network."
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