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Foxconn to take 50% of EMS market in 2011
Driven by fast growth at Apple Inc., EMS provider Foxconn Technology Group is set to take more than half of global EMS industry revenue by 2011, up from 44.2% in 2009, according to iSuppli.
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‘Year-on-year growth is continuing in double digits’ IPC has announced the June findings from its monthly North American PCB statistical program, and it appears that rigid PCB shipments were up 25.3% while bookings increased 29.3% in June 2010 from June 2009. MORE...	SEMA’s first meeting An enthusiastic cross-section of solar professionals met at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco on the final day of Intersolar USA exhibition to discuss the framework for the new Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA). MORE...

MEMS performance improves $Diffractive grating light valves realised with imec’s SiGe MEMS technology platform$ Imec demonstrates the value of its SiGe above-IC MEMS technology platform for improving performance of state-of-the-art MEMS with the development of new MEMS devices. MORE...	From the wires.... SEMA’s first meeting Distribution agreement leads to five new lines Rapiscan manufacturing facility achieves ISO 28000:2007 FULL NEWS SECTION

What's new on site Foxconn to take 50% of EMS market in 2011 MORE...

‘Year-on-year growth is continuing in double digits’ MORE...

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TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
	Trends in Test part 3: Peer-to-Peer Computing In this five-part series, National Instruments draws upon its knowledge and experience of a wide range of industries to identify key technologies and methodologies impacting test and measurement in 2010. This third instalment focuses on peer-to-peer computing and the benefits it offers the test industry. MORE...

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	WEEE and RoHS Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is the fastest growing waste stream in the UK, and in Europe the annual amount of WEEE is growing at a rate that is three times faster than the average annual rate of normal municipal waste collected. MORE...

CASE STUDIES
Product repair at a fraction of the cost

Repair depot technicians must be thoroughly trained and certified in safety procedures, especially if they are required to work with high-voltage assemblies

When faced with servicing electronic products, some manufacturer’s first reaction is to either replace the product or repair it in-house by establishing a dedicated internal repair centre. Steven Olson puts the case for a third way.
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MANAGEMENT
Making safety tests safe

Safety Testing has traditionally been done at an independent third-party test house. However, this approach can create issues such as extended test times, which impact the time to market for new products. Jean-Louis Evans describes four alternatives to this more traditional approach.
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DIARY & EVENTS: Coming soon
03/08/2010 Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED) (Malaysia)
03/08/2010 NI Week (USA)
18/08/2010 Effects of Moisture Content on Permittivity and Loss Tangent of Printed Circuit Board Materials (Web)
20/08/2010 NI Mobile Expo (USA)
24/08/2010 Optimising RF and Wireless Test with PXI (USA)

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Dispensing solder paste of 100µm diameter Flexible SMT production has reached new dimensions. Pick-and-place machines have now expanded their applications to include complex dispensing tasks. MORE...	Optical inspection system for automated conformal coat inspection GOEPEL electronic now offers a system for the automated optical inspection of fluorescing conformal coating. MORE...
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