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Conformal coating compatibility with no-clean flux residues has been a major topic for years – becoming even more popular recently with companies looking to cut manufacturing costs and

Folks, Technology:Always Advancing? I believe most of us think of technology as always advancing.A quick look at the evolution of mobile phones or laptops would quickly strengthen this

A quick trip to discuss roadmapping with one of the world’s top processor manufacturers, and a visit to discuss Pb-free power die-attach materials, left me with a few hours to spare at

It is always important, sometimes critical, to come off well when interviewed. Most often the interviewer is an industry (or larger) celebrity and the printed or videoed story/article will appear in

This week a customer in Asia asked why one of our new epoxy fluxes was not allowing the package-on-package (PoP) device to be picked up from the dipping tray. Obviously, the vacuum nozzle must have

I'd like to coin a term, "nuse". It means to use the news, in a bad way, to your benefit. This term came to mind as I observed various factions behaving badly during our current tragedy

Ihave heard it said that there are only three types of people: those who make things happen those who watch things happen those who wonder what happened This concept is becoming very clear as our

Folks, Before the mid 2000s, electronics manufacturers had to be concerned with the challenges of innovation at a low cost. Failure to meet these requirements, resulted in unsuccessful products.

Folks, Patty had been working with engineering on a new product that needed a very precise and controlled volume of the stencil printed “brick” of solder paste on the PWB pads. The product had

Jon major recently joined the Indium Corporation as a Product Manager for Solar back-end assembly products. Igreeted him with this impromptu interview. Jim: First of all Jon,

Since I couldn’t find a good beginners guide to c-Si metallization paste, (not even from Wikipedia) I thought I’d provide an explanation of this important module assembly material: The

Don’t be afraid to inject your personality into your B2B Marcom. We’ve all heard the saying, “People don’t buy from companies, they buy from people.” It’s good to

Folks, Let’s assume you are trying to improve the productivity of your SMT assembly lines. You work at a facility that manufactures high volume products with a high mix. The first aspect of your

You’re reading this because you want to know more about LTTF-6363 low temperature metallization paste right? Perfect. I wanted to get your attention, because I want to talk to you about using

Folks, The conclusion of the Bob and Fred break saga…… Phil stared, “The uptime on AXI’s four SMT production lines is…….” Fred and Bob were waiting for the good news of

(continued from previous post) “Fred break, Bob break?” Phil asked. Folks, The "Fred and Bob Breaks"saga continues, “Fred is the tech responsible for the stencil printer

Igenerally disdain the annual trotting out of talking heads' pontifications on industry trends. #Boring! But there is one trend that all B2BMarcom practitioners ought to get hip to. Here Igo

On what may have possibly been the WORST week to break into his busy schedule, I managed to sit down with Santa Claus to discuss his take on social media. Here's how it went. Rick Short:Santa,

"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future."~Niels Bohr Just because it's difficult, that doesn't let B2B Marketing Communications professionals off the

Folks, Dr. Phil James, a former student of "The Professor", gets a phone call, let's listen in…… Phil James was staring out the window of his office in Exeter, NH.Fall had

November 21st is the birthday of one of the men who co-discovered indium metal back in 1863. Hieronymus Theodor Richter, along with F. Reich, made the discovery but it wasn't until 1924 to 1933