48 SMT Magazine • August 2017
Flex Talk: Mina—Trouble-Free Soldering
to Aluminum
Thinking about the RFID market and the significant
growth projected in this market, I decided to do
a little research on RFID tag manufacturing. Dur-
ing this research, I learned of a relatively new of-
fering, Mina, an advanced surface treatment tech-
nology that addresses the common constraints of
large scale manufacturing of aluminum on polyes-
ter (Al-PET) circuits.
The Importance of Conformal Coating,
Now and in the Future
At the SMTA Michigan Expo and Tech Forum, held
in Grand Rapids on May 11, Technical Editor Hap-
py Holden spent a few minutes with AIM Solder's
Technical Marketing Manager Tim O'Neill to dis-
cuss O'Neill's presentation on the topic of confor-
mal coating over no-clean fluxes.
High-Volume Test Strategies
In an interview with I-Connect007 during the re-
cent NEPCON China event in Shanghai, Siegmund
Hornig, director of global sales for Europe and Asia,
for production board test division at Teradyne dis-
cusses the new testing demands from customers,
and strategies to help them address their high-vol-
ume test requirements.
Universal Adds SMTo Engineering to
Channel Partner Network
Universal Instruments has strengthened its custom-
er coverage in Mexico with the addition of a new
channel partner, SMTo Engineering S.A. de C.V.
Chuck Ganzer Awarded Nordson's
Fellowship of Distinguished Inventors
Award
Chuck Ganzer, senior project engineer at Nordson
Adhesives Division, was recently recognized and
honored with the Nordson Corporation Fellowship
of Distinguished Inventors Award. In his 27 years
with Nordson, Ganzer—only the eighth recipient
of the Fellowship Award—has been granted 24
U.S. patents, which were instrumental for product
development across all Nordson's Adhesives Divi-
sion served markets.
Alpha Celebrates 50 Years in
the Italian Market
Alpha Assembly Solutions last month celebrated
its 50th anniversary of the Alpha brand in Italy.
ViTrox Appoints MK Technology as
New Strategic Channel Partner
for South China
ViTrox Technologies has appointed MK Technolo-
gy Co. Ltd as the new strategic channel partner for
both AOI and AXI systems for South China.
Rehm Reorganizes Sales Team
Rehm Thermal Systems has reorganized its sales
team to better support its customers and partners
better now.
Larry Fey Joins KIC as Principal
Electrical Engineer
KIC has appointed Larry Fey to the position of
principal electrical engineer. Fey is an exception-
ally skilled and accomplished electrical engineer
with more than 27 years of hands-on design ex-
perience.
Mycronic Doubles Net Sales in 1H 2017
Mycronic has posted net sales of SEK 1.586 billion
for the first half of 2017, up by 97% compared
with the same period last year.
Supply Lines
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