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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 19 November 2007

LODZ, POLAND – Wet processing equipment maker HMS has completed its fifth factory, located in Lodz. The Lodz II facilities have approximately 2,500 m² of office and manufacturing space, and will begin production Dec. 15.
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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 19 November 2007

GARDEN GROVE, CA – Endicott Interconnect Technologies has ordered four Schmoll Maschinen MX-1 XXL drill machines.

EI chose a mix of single-station, single-head machines, and single-station dual-head machines (one drilling and one routing).

EI now has a total of eight Schmoll drills.

Schmoll is part of Bürkle’s FabFour Machinery Alliance.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 16 November 2007

PHOENIX, AZ – New Era Electronics Ltd., producer of microwave PCBs, and EastBridge Partners LLC, have established NEE International LLC to act as the sales, marketing and technical service company for NEE outside of Asia.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 15 November 2007

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Aspocomp announced year-to-date net sales of $ 111.3 million, a decrease of 31.3% year-over-year.
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MIGDAL HAEMEK, ISRAEL – AOI systems provider Camtek Ltd. announced revenues for the third quarter were $20.2 million, down 23% year-over-year, and up 32% sequentially.

These revenues are slightly above the guidance range of $17 to 20 million provided for the third quarter, the company says.

Camtek reported third-quarter net income was $85,000, down almost 98% year-over-year.

“Sales to the PCB industry were strong, indicating both an increasing level of activity and the success of our new 3G AOI product lines to this market. While the softness in demand in the semiconductor sector continued throughout the third quarter, we did see an increase in incoming orders during the third quarter, which we expect to recognize in the fourth quarter,” said CEO Rafi Amit.

REDWOOD CITY, CA – The 18-year-old man who fell in a vat of acidic solution in a Redwood City circuit board factory died of accidental drowning, the San Mateo County coroner said.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Fernando Jimenez Gonzalez drowned in a "low-concentration sulfuric acid solution," according to deputy coroner Michelle Rippy. Toxicology tests confirmed no drugs or alcohol were involved.

The solution was 93% water and 7% sulfuric acid, about the same as stomach acid, according to the coroner's office.

Gonzalez's father found his body in the middle of the night at Coastal Circuits, where they were both employed, on Sept. 23, police said.

Gonzalez was alone when the accident occurred, authorities said. Police suspect he fell into waist-high sulfuric acid after being overcome by chemical fumes, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

A spokesman for the company said the solution does not produce harmful fumes.

The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the incident.