Articles from Circuits Assembly (November 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2008 semi forecast downgraded.	Drysdale, Chelsey		134
Assembleon to cut 29% of workforce.	Buetow, Mike		111
Automatic wire bond AOI.			95
Celestica gets personal.		Interview	711
Circuits assembly's NPI Award registration now open.	Buetow, Mike		205
Defect Detection Goes online: Our newest column is not just informative, it's interactive.		Column	346
Economy the talk at IPC Midwest.	Buetow, Mike		220
Electronics residues testing methods; an analysis of four common methods starts with FTIR.			417
Fakes out.	Buetow, Mike		868
In case you missed it.			746
Industry market snapshot.	Drysdale, Chelsey		103
Inline 3-D SPI.			102
IPC rebuts proposed RoHS revisions.	Drysdale, Chelsey		251
Leaning the line: how a high-mix EMS firm "waved" goodbye to one soldering machine.			907
Metals index.	Drysdale, Chelsey		92
More expansion for Morey Corp.	Buetow, Mike		234
Nothing to hide: shrink holes in Pb-free boards are effects, not defects.			631
Pb-free lemons? don't be suckered; today's consumer electronics assemblers are competent in Pb-free soldering.			881
Personnel stability? We in the know must leverage the tools available to use change to our advantage.			824
Reach update: 300 Chemicals on SIN list.	Drysdale, Chelsey		197
RoHS conversion for medical devices: risks, considerations and impacts, plus several BoM analysis case studies.	Sharpe, Kim		3855
Semis tank: trends in the U.S. electronics equipment market (shipments only).	Drysdale, Chelsey		161
September fall for production.	Drysdale, Chelsey		218
Service packages and EMS companies; branding the service package is less important than defining it.		Company overview	778
Speed thrills; a touch of midwestern pragmatism and a large dose of lean go a long way at MEC.	Buetow, Mike		1529
Stadium captures fox.	Buetow, Mike		89
Stencil printer with integrated vision.			99
Supporting full-service customer requirements at the regional EMS level; Greater traceability and complex builds means more staff. Or does it?	Roberts, Jeff		411
The 'other' mixed technology; miniature parts placed adjacent to "castles" are no printing picnic.			788
The benefits of good 'PR': teaching the wirebonder pattern recognition.			691
The future of R&D: in the area of basic research, who will play? and who will pay?			790
US tech exports down 3% imports up 3% in 2007.	Drysdale, Chelsey		130
WKK opening factory in Ganzhou.	Buetow, Mike		145