72 SMT Magazine • December 2015
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Sparton Acquires Hunter Technology
corporation
Sparton Corporation announced that its wholly
owned subsidiary, Sparton Hunter Corporation,
completed a merger with Hunter Technology Cor-
poration in a $55 million all-cash transaction. The
merger is subject to certain and conditional post-
closing adjustments.
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.
Scanfil expects Growth momentum
to continue in 2015
Scanfil expects its turnover to increase by 2–8% in
2015. More turnover is generated in the second
half than in the first half of the year. The company
believes that its turnover will decrease slightly in
the first half of the year, and particularly in the sec-
ond quarter, compared to 2014. its operating prof-
it before non-recurring items for 2015 is expected
to be EuR 13–17 million.
Zentech manufacturing Acquires colonial
Assembly and Design
The acquisition provides tremendous synergy with
Zentech's established customer set in the DoD and
military C4iSR (Command, Control, Computers,
Communications, intelligence, Surveillance, Recon-
naissance) sectors while also providing enhanced
engineering, product design, circuit design, ma-
chining, over-molded cable assembly and wire har-
nessing capabilities to the Zentech portfolio.
Alpha opens manufacturing &
Training Facility in chennai, India
Alpha is expanding its capabilities to meet the
growing needs of its customers by establishing a
new advanced manufacturing and training facility
in Chennai, india. The facility, an addition to their
existing 16,000sqm campus, will have the capabil-
ity to produce alpHa's vast product line including
bar solder, cored wire, solder paste, wave solder
flux and cleaners.
mmI releases List of Top 50 emS
Firms Worldwide
in 2014, sales of the Top 50 EMS companies world-
wide reached a new high of $265 billion – more
than 4% or $10 billion than in 2013. Company
growth rates in revenue ranged from 50+ percent
to -20%, with the majority exhibiting very positive
numbers.
Valtronic Wins Award from mentor Graphics
Valtronic announces that Valtronic SA received
2nd place in Mentor graphics' 25th annual pCb
Technology leadership Awards in the category
of industrial Control, instrumentation, Security &
Medical. Valtronic proposed a complex board for a
magnetic resonance image receiver using Mentor
Graphics' Xpedition Enterprise software.
bittele electronics completes new
Pcb Assembly Line
bittele Electronics, a Toronto-based firm specializ-
ing in prototype and low volume printed circuit
board assembly, has completed the construction
of a new, fully automated PCB assembly produc-
tion line featuring state-of-the-art technology, for
prototype and low volume assembly.
Plexus Secures Accreditation from U.S. DoD
Plexus Corp., today announced that its wholly
owned subsidiary, Plexus Aerospace, Defense and
Security Services, llC, has received accreditation
as a Microelectronics Trusted Source by the De-
fense Microelectronics activity (DMEa).
creation Technologies Welcomes congress-
man Paul ryan in Wisconsin Facility
"Creation Technologies is on the cutting edge
of our economy. They're promoting innovation
and creating the jobs of the 21st century. We've
got to streamline the regulatory process so more
manufacturers in southeast wisconsin can expand
opportunity from the bottom up," said Congress-
man paul ryan.
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