WEST HAVEN, CT – Enthone has granted Atotech Deutschland a license under an immersion tin patent.
The Enthone patent encompasses technology that mitigates the propensity for whisker growth. It allows the use of metals, such as silver, to be incorporated within the tin process solution.
The patent is registered in Europe, Asia and the US. Terms of the license agreement remain confidential.
CLEVELAND – OM Group said it expects second-quarter 2011 net sales between $328 million and $332 million, and operating profit between $26 million and $30 million. Read more ...
SAN JOSE – Electronics manufacturing services provider Sanmina-SCI Corp. today reported third-quarter net sales of $1.67 billion, up 6.7% sequentially and 2.5% year-over-year.
Third-quarter net income was $7.2 million, down 66.7% compared to the same period in 2010.
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LONDON – Holders Technology reported first-half 2011 revenue of $10.1 million, up 42.3% compared to the first six months of 2010.
Gross profit was $2.4 million, up 26.3% year-over-year.
First-half printed circuit board revenue was $8.7 million, up 26.1% compared to the same period last year.
Gross profit for the PCB business unit was $2.2 million, up 22.2%.
LED revenue jumped 460% year-over-year to $1.4 million in the first half of 2011, while gross profit for the segment increased 174.3% to $192,000.
German operations enjoyed robust demand from established larger customers, the firm said. PCB operations in the UK were stable overall, with somewhat weaker demand.
The firm provides specialized materials, equipment and components to the electronics and lighting industries.
SAN JOSE – Multek's June quarter revenue declined sequentially, but is expected to grow more than 15% over the next three quarters, the company's parent said this week.
DARMSTADT, GERMANY – Computer Simulation Technology is providing a web-based presentation series focused on solving complex electromagnetic system problems, beginning Aug. 4.
The series will use a range of electronics and bioEM application examples, and will look at developing technologies such as in-flight wireless connectivity, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3), PCB and chip package co-design, imaging and treatment and reconfigurable antennas.
One presentation will look at the development of computing technology in recent years and how CST's software is harnessing this power for large-scale simulations.
All presentations are 45-minutes, plus Q&A.
For a list of presentations, visit www.cst.com/webinars.