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The masses are atwitter over the announced Renesas acquisition of Altium, and for good reason. The $5.9 billion price tag is some real coin. What’s less clear to almost everyone outside the two companies, however, is the underlying strategy and […] …
Foxhole Group and CCK Automations acquire OSDA and Argo EMS
Oct 18, 2022 · Foxhole Group, a private investment firm focused on the industrial sector, has announced the addition of quick-turn and Low Volume High Mix capabilities to its CCK Automations platform by acquiring two PCB assembly businesses. Completed as separate transactions, the CCK family of businesses added added OSDA, a high-tech quick-turn prototype PCBA shop in Milford, CT as well as Argo EMS, an ...
Virtex Acquires Circuit Technology - Circuits Assembly
Published: 04 March 2019. by Mike Buetow. MERRIMACK, NH -- Virtex Enterprises has acquired Circuit Technology, a contract manufacturer of high-mix, low-volume production of mission-critical products. Virtex, which is owned by Insight Equity Holdings, did not disclose financial or other terms. Merrimack, NH-based Cirtech was founded in 1984 and ...
High-Density Interconnect Technology: An Overview - Circuits …
Feb 1, 2024 · Design and manufacturing considerations for HDI PCBs. High-density interconnect (HDI) technology has been a major enabler of advancement in the electronics industry, providing the dense interconnections and intricate circuitry needed to create state-of-the-art electronic devices that are tightly packed with miniaturized components and 2.5-D/3-D ...
Troubleshooting Chip Component Solder Balls - Circuits Assembly
The component with the solder balling problem was also “billboarding” (FIGURE 1). The billboard defect, in which a chip component stands on its side (unlike a tombstone, which stands on one end), is typically not a reflow problem, but rather a placement issue caused by mispicking the part. FIGURE 1. Component billboarding, where the part ...
This amount was applied in the tin/lead experiment. For a no-clean, alcohol flux of 1.5 percent solids, the amount to apply on the test board is: Area board = 100 * 160 mm2 = 24.8 in2. Amount of (wet) flux per board = solid content flux * area * required amount dry flux = 100/1.5 * 24.8 * 0.0016 = 2.645 g.
Creation Technologies: Born to Soar - Circuits Assembly
Jan 28, 2022 · Under the radar, the newest addition to the $1B EMS club is flying high on A&D. In 2021, with pandemics and parts shortages still grabbing all the headlines, Creation Technologies quietly joined an exclusive club: the $1 billion electronics manufacturing services companies. Fewer than 30 companies in the world are members of such rank, and of those, only two others are privately held.
How APCT Came to Have 'A Solution for Anybody in North America'
Mar 31, 2023 · APCT in February completed the acquisition of Advanced Circuits Inc. (ACI), a printed circuit board fabricator based in Aurora, CO, and with facilities in Chandler, AZ, and Maple Grove, MN. The acquisition nearly doubles APCT's annual revenue to $200 million, and makes the company the third largest among PCB fabricators in …
Understanding 3D AOI, What It Is, and What It Isn’t - Circuits …
Dec 1, 2013 · Currently, AOI systems come with different levels of 3D coverage for components and solder joints. All 3D systems still offer 2D lighting and 2D inspection. It is for the AOI programmer or the QA department to decide to what extent they’d like to deploy new technology for quality assurance. Contrary to common opinion, the polarity of ...
Conductor Analysis Technologies Debuts OM Thermal Stress System
OM thermal stress system offers assembly reflow simulation and thermal cycling and convection reflow simulation per IPC-TM-650, Method 2.6.27. Is built on air‐to-air thermal shock methodology, air-to-air thermal cycling from room temperature to +230°C. Is able to test 12 HATS, 24 IPC-2221B D-type, 12 IST or custom-designed coupon configurations.