Articles from Circuits Assembly (February 1, 2002)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A $294,000 grant from the SME Education Foundation (Dearborn, MI) has been awarded to California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, CA) to help the university strengthen its manufacturing curriculum.		Brief Article	87
A fitting addition to the Pyramax Platform.		Advertisement	90
AIM and Nihon sign lead-free agreement.	Shedd, John	Brief Article	191
Anti-tombstoning solder paste.			89
AOI verified stencils.			86
BGA inspection system.		Brief Article	68
Biodegradable solvents.		Advertisement	69
Board stackers.			58
BTU International, Inc. (North Billerica, MA) has received the Howard Beck Award from the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS, Washington, D.C.).		Brief Article	80
Consulting firm Technology Forecasters, Inc. (TFI, Alameda, CA), and Siemens Dematic Electronic Assembly Systems, Inc., (Norcross, GA), will offer one-hour quarterly strategy sessions for mid-sized electronics contract manufacturers based on TFI's Quarterly Forum for Electronics Manufacturing Outsourcing and Supply Chain.		Brief Article	65
Convection soldering system.		Advertisement	87
DEK.		Advertisement	61
DENSO ranks high in environmental performance.	Shedd, John	Company Profile	304
Die bonder.			83
Dispenser.			60
E2open.		Brief Article	56
Economy to emerge from recession in late 2002.			369
Ekra America Inc.		Advertisement	46
Electrochemical sensors.			48
electronicChina responds to booming Chinese market.		Brief Article	197
Ensuring a successful new product launch: failure mode and effect analysis can find weaknesses in product designs and manufacturing processes before a new product is launched.	Kurwa, Murad		1817
Even small things count! Readers with questions concerning 0201 components and ceramic capacitors are given some helpful advice.	Hymes, Les		567
Events calendar.		Calendar	294
Forecast: increased outsourcing in assembly.		Industry Overview	377
Free IPC publications catalog.		Advertisement	67
Get with the program for a competitive edge: read on for tips to increase market share and profits while reducing inventory, lead times, cycle times and time-to-market.	Henn, Kevin G.		2288
Image processing software.			88
Impedance tester.			88
Improving the reflow process with SPC: continual data analysis of a reflow process offers increased product quality and reduced manufacturing cost.	Pearce, Ray		2110
Inspection software.		Advertisement	110
Inspection station.			80
Inspection system.		Advertisement	101
Integrex, Inc.		Brief Article	70
IPC publishes NEMI PDX standards.			272
Linear encoder system.		Advertisement	116
Low stress adhesives.			76
Management software.		Advertisement	71
Manufacturing software.			78
Miniature soldering iron.			81
MRSI appoints JIPAL as Taiwan agent.	Shedd, John	Brief Article	113
MRSI.		Brief Article	34
New eight-page brochure.		Advertisement	96
Nilfisk-Advance America.		Brief Article	29
November book-to-bill.			201
ODM market revenue increasing.		Brief Article	147
OEOM market to reach $38.5 million.		Brief Article	203
Optiant, Inc.		Brief Article	34
Optoelectronics development: with the surge of optoelectronics packaging, component alignment issues need to be resolved.	Westby, George		712
Plexus Corp.		Brief Article	43
Plexus purchases assets of MCMS.		Brief Article	241
PWI: process optimization made simple: the process window index (PWI) can be used to quickly determine the impact of process changes and compare different process parameters.	Zarrow, Phil		2466
Qualcon selects Applied Systems software.		Brief Article	199
Radial design system.			103
Reliability relationships: what ensures complete product reliability?	Ferry, Jeff		641
Reliability Testing System.		Advertisement	75
RF test sockets.			96
Sanmina Corp. (San Jose, CA) and SCI Systems, Inc. (Huntsville, AL) have completed their merger after receiving approval from stockholders of matters related to the merger, including the change of Sanmina's corporate name to Sanmina-SCI Corp.		Brief Article	79
Screen printer.		Advertisement	66
Selective soldering: wave soldering redefined: the emergence of surface-mount technology forced engineers to rethink the wave soldering process.	Zarrow, Phil		993
Singapore symposium on photonics.	Shedd, John	Brief Article	254
Soldering station.		Advertisement	49
Soldering Technology International, Inc.		Brief Article	32
Solectron Corp. (Milpitas, CA) has acquired Artesyn Solutions, Inc. (Boca Baton, FL), a product support services company.		Brief Article	48
Surface-mount adhesive.			55
Surveys and guides.		Brief Article	34
Teradyne and GenRad partner.		Brief Article	131
The year ahead.	Hamburg, Lisa	Editorial	788
The yin and yang of today's quality management: a properly implemented quality management system can provide improved efficiency, lower costs and improved employee morale.	Bravener, Lee C.		1945
This month's industry resources.		Brief Article	63
This month's shareware preview.		Brief Article	40
View Engineering, Inc.		Advertisement	82
ViTechnology (Haverhill, MA) and Siemens Dematic (Norcross, GA) have announced a cooperation to provide a high level of manufacturing excellence to their customers in the Americas.		Brief Article	60
Web sites worth mentioning.		Brief Article	76
Worldwide EMS industry to recover.		Industry Overview	445
X-ray systems for optimizing PCB inspection: x-ray systems are not all equal, and their differences affect the type of defects that can be detected.	Lehmann, David K.		2127
X-TEK.		Brief Article	29