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Enthone Introduces ENTEK® OM
Visually Inspectable, Highly Conductive PWB Final Finish Enables Ease of ICT
WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, USA, September 1, 2010 - Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, has introduced ENTEK® OM. The patented, Organic Metal® process delivers a visible, highly conductive PWB final finish that offers both ease of inspection and in-circuit testing (ICT). The need to paste test points during board assembly is eliminated. ENTEK OM substantially reduces board rejects and rework, while providing exceptional solderability which results in higher assembly yields. ENTEK OM unites the high reliability and cost-effectiveness of an organic solderability preservative with the desired attributes of a metallic finish. Specifically, the process delivers solderability that exceeds traditional organic solderability preservatives and is comparable to metallic finishes as tested with the industry’s leading fluxes and solder pastes. ENTEK OM exhibits low contact resistance that substantially reduces false failures at assembly. ENTEK OM offers a lower cost of ownership at assembly by dramatically reducing rework because it provides consistent through-hole fill for higher throughput. Kirk W. Johnson, Global Market Manager - Enthone PWB Final Finishes, said, “ENTEK OM dramatically changes the industry landscape as it is a distinct and unique new class of final finish which provides solid performance, economic, and reliability benefits to OEMs, ODMs, EMSs and PWB fabricators.” The ENTEK OM simple, four-step process inhibits galvanic etch effects, resulting in enhanced PWB reliability. Due to the proprietary plating mechanism, the process also eliminates the potential for microvoids. ENTEK OM utilizes a unique organic metal technology that ensures the surface finish is in place and ready for assembly. For further information, please visit www.enthone.com/entekOM. Enthone Inc. is a business of Cookson Electronics. The company is a leading supplier of high performance specialty chemicals and coatings used in the electronics and surface finishing industries. Enthone manufactures markets and distributes its functional, decorative and electronic processes that are used in printed wiring board, semiconductor, photovoltaic, automotive, aerospace, jewelry, and plumbing applications. For more information, please visit www.enthone.com |
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ZESTRON Participates in the SMTA Tampa Bay Chapter's Cleaning Panel Discussion
Manassas, VA – August 31, 2010 – ZESTRON, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, was pleased to participate in the "Printed Circuit Assemblies Cleanliness Panel Discussion" sponsored by the SMTA's Tampa Bay Chapter. Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON worldwide, joined the meeting on August 18th, 2010 which was well attended by many industry experts and members of the SMTA. Some of the major topics discussed were: reasons for cleaning, cleaning challenges, cleaning media, cleaning equipment, measuring cleanliness and new cleaning trends. "As a scientist and expert in this field, I was very pleased to be able to contribute and share my extensive process and chemistry expertise during the discussions as well as learn from the other participants. The cleaning panel was a success for all parties involved. In the long run, this collaborative proliferation of knowledge within the electronics manufacturing industry will only help the engineers on the production floor solve the most challenging cleaning problems," explained Dr. Wack. "While we participate in many SMTA Chapter events per year, we have always been particularly impressed with the ones that have been hosted by the Tampa and the Space Coast Chapters and look forward to continuing this mutually beneficial partnership in the future." About ZESTRON: Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia and operating in over 35 countries, ZESTRON is the leading global provider of precision cleaning products and services. For over 35 years, ZESTRON has created products to help its customers achieve success. Today, with the largest team of chemical engineers in the industry, ZESTRON leverages comprehensive capabilities to ensure customers surpass even the most stringent cleaning and vapor recovery requirements. |
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ZESTRON Supports SMTA: Go Greener in Your Cleaner Presentation at SMTA Wisconsin/Great Lakes Expo
Manassas, VA - August 17, 2010 - As part of ZESTRON America's continuing involvement with the SMTA, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry will present and exhibit at the SMTA's Wisconsin/Great Lakes Expo & Tech Forum on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, at the Wyndham Airport Hotel on 4747 S. Howell Ave. in Milwaukee, WI 53207. ZESTRON has been actively supporting the SMTA's mission to build skills, share practical experiences and develop solutions within the electronics manufacturing industry for the past 12 years by hosting several technical in-house as well as onsite presentations. "Go Greener in Your Cleaner," presented by Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON worldwide, will address how cleaning processes within the electronics manufacturing industry have changed over the past decade. The precision cleaning market has been developing at a pace that poses tremendous challenges to OEMs and contract manufacturers. This presentation highlights the abundant road blocks they are facing and illustrates viable, environmentally conscious solutions for implementing state-of-the-art cleaning processes at any facility. Furthermore, ZESTRON's Application Technology and Sales Team will be readily available to answer all your questions regarding the company's innovative product technologies at its tabletop exhibit. For more information about the show and to register for this free-of-charge technical program, please visit http://www.smta.org/chapters/chapters_detail.cfm?chapter_id=17 |
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David Crimp Appointed Executive Vice President, Enthone Europe
WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, USA (17 August 2010) - Cookson Electronics is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David Crimp as Executive Vice President, Enthone Europe. This appointment extends Mr. Crimp’s current role as Executive Vice President of Cookson Electronics’ Alpha business in Europe. In his expanded role, “David will look for opportunities to create synergies between the Enthone and Alpha businesses wherever feasible,” said Steve Corbett, CEO Cookson Electronics. “He will utilize his experience and knowledge to blend the best from both organizations. David’s appointment will allow us to fulfil the potential of our excellent businesses." Mr. Crimp has been with Cookson Group (www.cooksongroup.co.uk) for more than 20 years. He brings to Enthone Europe an inclusive, engaging and visionary leadership style together with a wealth of business and commercial experience. Mr. Crimp’s key achievements at Cookson have included the successful transition of the Alpha business from autonomous country business units to a single Pan-European entity. |
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S and Y Industries, Inc. Names Chiles General Manager
Winfield, KS - August 5, 2010 - S and Y Industries, Inc. promoted Ron Chiles to General Manager. In this newly created position Chiles will be responsible for leading all operational aspects of the company as it continues to experience record growth. A priority of this role will be to spearhead a cost saving, lean manufacturing philosophy throughout the organization. In his role as Director of Sales and Marketing, Chiles played a strong role in creating sales and marketing strategies that contributed to the nearly 30% growth over the last 2 years. He brings with him over 15 years of leadership experience that spans various industries. Industries that include: Construction, Manufacturing and Service. His leadership is expressed in a natural gifting to identify the strength in others and press them to be the best they can be. Ron is approaching 19 years of marriage to Kelli and they have 3 boys. He has been involved in the martial arts for over 20 years and holds a 2nd degree black belt. He loves to spend time with his family in various outdoor activities and is very active in his church. |
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ZESTRON to Participate in the SMTA Tampa Bay Chapter's Cleaning Panel Discussion
Manassas, VA - August 10, 2010 - ZESTRON, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, will actively participate in the "Printed Circuit Assemblies Cleanliness Panel Discussion" sponsored by the SMTA's Tampa Bay Chapter. Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON worldwide, will join the panel meeting which will be held at the Young-Rainey STAR Center, 7887 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite 120, Largo, FL 33777 on August 18th, 2010 at 5:30 pm. "To ensure the performance and reliability of the end product, OEMs and contract manufacturers have to realize that cleaning is a vital and integral part of the SMT production process. As a chemist, I am very excited to be part of this panel discussion and to share my in-depth process and chemistry knowledge and help engineers solve their most challenging cleaning problems," says Dr. Wack. |
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ZESTRON Launches Second 360º Virtual Tour
Manassas, VA - August 3, 2010 - After successfully launching the first virtual tour of its U.S. Technical Center, ZESTRON, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, has published a second 360º tour of the company's European facility. The expansive, web-based tour allows customers to take an in-depth look at ZESTRON Europe's capabilities from the comforts of their own computers by visiting http://www.zestron.com/us/virtual-tours.html "As a global company, we are proud to offer our customers local technical and product support virtually anywhere and at any time, which is one of our key differentiators," says Michael McCutchen, Sales & Marketing Manager, ZESTRON. "Without the need to travel, customers can make an informed decision about who is best equipped to handle their most challenging cleaning problems and provide sound solutions." As part of our previously announced "Global Link" initiative, additional tours of our Technical Centers in China and Malaysia are scheduled to be published in the next few months. Once completed, the virtual tours will provide customers the opportunity to fully assess ZESTRON's capabilities prior to engaging in projects such as free-of-charge cleaning trials and compatibility tests. "ZESTRON is 100% committed to innovation, providing the absolute best precision cleaning process available and ultimately ensuring long-term customer success. This is only possible when technical centers approximate customers' production floor conditions, which you will see when you take a virtual tour of our facilities," says Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON. |
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SunRay Scientific Names Jim Costanzo to Serve as CEO
 Mount Laurel, NJ - August 2, 2010: SunRay Scientific, a leader in green chemistry solutions for printed electronics manufacturing and lead-free packaging, today announced that Jim Costanzo has joined SunRay Scientific as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company in its next phase of growth and expansion. Mr. Costanzo has more than 25 years global experience in the chemicals industry in technical service, research and development, marketing and business development roles. Prior to joining SunRay Scientific, Mr. Costanzo spent majority of his career at Specialty Chemicals major, Rohm and Haas Company and was one of the company’s early pioneers in developing its successful adhesives business. Most recently, he was leading technical service for the company in Asia Pacific, based in Shanghai. Prior to Rohm and Haas, Mr. Costanzo worked in product development roles at National Starch and Chemical. “We are very pleased that Jim will be joining SunRay Scientific. Jim has a rich and extensive background in the chemicals industry and his proven success in developing and expanding new markets in the chemicals space, particularly in Asia, make him the ideal candidate to lead SunRay Scientific." said Govi Rao, Chairman of SunRay Scientific. Mr. Costanzo said “The tremendous environmental impact of mass digitization is driving the need for sustainable electronics. Similarly, miniaturization of electronics is driving the need for small form factor packages. SunRay Scientific’s unique portfolio of solutions in inks, epoxies and anisotropic adhesives provides an ideal platform to drive low cost manufacturing of both small form factor and green electronic products. He added "I’m excited to be joining the team at SunRay Scientific and have the opportunity to drive the company’s expansion into new markets." |
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ZESTRON to Showcase VIGON® N 501 at NEPCON South China 2010
Manassas, VA - July 27, 2010 ZESTRON, the worldwide leading supplier of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, will exhibit the world's first pH-neutral defluxing cleaning agent at the upcoming NEPCON South China held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, China, from August 31st until September 2nd, 2010. In the past, the electronics manufacturing industry has relied on alkaline cleaning products to remove flux residues. However, recent studies have shown that pH-neutral defluxing agents offer an excellent alternative while providing the numerous advantages of pH-neutrality. In some cases, these pH-neutral products perform better than their alkaline counterparts, particularly when removing flux residues under low standoff components. pH-neutral cleaning agents, such as ZESTRON's revolutionary VIGON® N 501, can significantly reduce effluent volumes and eliminate the need for excessive waste water neutralizations, thus, leading to greener, more cost effective cleaning processes. VIGON® N 501 is a water-based cleaning agent specifically developed for spray-in-air processes. Due to its neutral pH-value, the product demonstrates the highest level of compatibility with sensitive materials, such as aluminum, copper, brass, nickel, plastics and labels. Excellent cleaning results, even under low standoff components, can be achieved with concentration levels of 10-15% and short contact times. To answer all your questions regarding our innovative product technologies, ZESTRON's Application Technology and Sales Team will be readily available during the NEPCON South China 2010 at booth #2C25. For more information, please email infoCHINA@zestron.com or infoUSA@zestron.com. |
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ZESTRON Expands its Technical Support Team in North Asia
Manassas, VA - July 20, 2010 - As part of the company's "Global Link" initiative which was announced in the beginning of 2010, ZESTRON, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, has recently expanded its technical support team in North Asia. The goal of ZESTRON's "Global Link" initiative has been to create a borderless environment, enabling customers to get faster and more effective assistance with their precision cleaning challenges. "Since its inauguration in 2005, the North Asian division of ZESTRON in Shanghai, China, has been rapidly developing the company's customer base in that region," says Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON worldwide. "To ensure continuous world class technical support for our customers, we have recently added Jerry Ji and Martin Wen to our highly qualified North Asian engineering team." Both Technical Support Engineers join ZESTRON with more than 7 years of process experience in the SMT & Semiconductor industries. In the future, Ji located at the company's North Asian Support Center in Shanghai and Wen working at the Shenzhen office will further strengthen the regional network of distributors and provide local technical support to the customers in the region. |
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SunRay Scientific Appoints West Coast Channel Partner
 Mount Laurel, NJ: SunRay Scientific, a leader in solutions for lead-free packaging, has appointed RJH Industries as its channel partner for the West Coast. RJH Industries will be representing SunRay’s entire portfolio of MAXIGLOW™ conductive inks and silver epoxies and ZTACH™ anisotropic conductive adhesives, for the printed electronics and lead free packaging markets. In addition to California, RJH Industries will be representing SunRay Scientific in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. “We are very pleased that RJH Industries will be representing our products. RJH Industries has a rich and extensive background in chemicals for electronics manufacturing. We are confident that with their expertise, RJH Industries will help our customers to lower their costs, to reduce their time-to market, and develop unique solutions in electronics packaging," said Hari Venugopalan, Vice President, Business Development at SunRay Scientific. “SunRay Scientific has a unique portfolio of solutions for printed electronics and lead free packaging. I believe that their portfolio can significantly help companies in multiple applications in flexible electronics, flip chip and 3D packaging ” said Dr. Ron Hunadi, President, RJH Industries. |
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ZESTRON to Present at the SMTA's Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Chapter Meeting
Manassas, VA - July 13, 2010 - As part of the company's continuing support of the SMTA, ZESTRON America, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, will present at the SMTA's Western Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting held at the Aerotech Training Center, 105 Zeta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 on Friday, July 23, 2010, 10:30 am until 12:00 pm. The presentation titled "pH-Neutral Defluxing in Inline and Batch Cleaning Applications" will address the emerging challenges of cleaning, cleanliness requirements, stricter global environmental regulations and the increasing demand for greener product technologies within the electronics manufacturing industry. It will provide in-depth information about several recent studies as well as future developments in the field of pH-neutral cleaning. To learn more about this topic, please join Umut Tosun, M.S.Chem.Eng., Application Technology Manager, ZESTRON America, during the morning session. For more information about the SMTA's Western Pennsylvania Chapter meeting and to register for this technical program, please contact Ivan Ivanov at iivanov@pennatronics.com (724-938-1800 x 228) or register online at http://www.smta.org. |
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DI-Water vs. Chemistry in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry
ZESTRON to Present at the SMTA Ohio Valley Expo & Tech Forum
Manassas, VA - July 6, 2010 - ZESTRON America, the worldwide leading provider of high precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, will present at the SMTA Ohio Valley Expo & Tech Forum held at the Doubletree Hotel (6200 Quarry Lane, Independence, OH) on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010. This presentation is part of ZESTRON’s continuing involvement and support of the SMTA’s mission to build skills, share practical experiences and develop solutions within the electronics manufacturing industry. The presentation will address the possible challenges and limitations of DI-water cleaning applications and why it might be advantageous to switch to a chemistry-assisted cleaning process. Recent research has shown that chemistry-assisted cleaning processes offer a number of benefits that exceed those of DI-water. For insight on this topic, please join Jigar Patel, M.S.Chem.Eng., Application Engineer, ZESTRON America, who will present "Limitations of DI-Water: Why Switch from Pure DI-Water to Chemistry?" during the morning session of the expo. And, ZESTRON’s Application Technology and Sales Team will be readily available to answer all your questions regarding the company’s innovative product technologies at its tabletop exhibit. "For more than 12 years, ZESTRON has been actively supporting the educational work of the SMTA. The inherent proliferation of knowledge within the industry will only benefit our current and future customers by providing practical solutions for possibly intricate problems," says Dr. Harald Wack, President, ZESTRON. For more information about the expo and to register for this free-of-charge technical program, please contact http://www.smta.org/expos/#oh. More information about the SMTA can be found at http://www.smta.org. |
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Unicomp North America, LLC Equips ZESTRON America's Technical Center with Its SC-PII
Manassas, VA – June 29, 2010 - ZESTRON America, the worldwide leader in precision cleaning products and services for the electronics manufacturing industry, is pleased to announce the successful installation of Unicomp's SC-PII Spray-in-air Pneumatic Stencil Cleaner at the company's US Application Technology Center. With the addition of this new system, ZESTRON America is now able to offer an even more extensive line of high precision cleaning equipment by leading manufacturers, all of which are available for free-of-charge customer cleaning trials and compatibility testing. The SC-PII Stencil Cleaner is completely pneumatic and therefore operates without any risk of fire. Its high quality components ensure long-term reliability and the replaceable, modularized control unit is easily maintained. Furthermore, the SC-PII is simple to operate and ergonomically designed. A one-button operation allows the user to control the cleaning and drying process and an automatic feeding and draining system further facilitates its ease-of-use. The special nozzle design ensures exceptional cleanliness levels without compromising the stencil's tension. Additionally, the triplex filter system featuring precise exhaust controls allows for the cleaning bath to be recycled, thereby lowering consumption and saving costs. ZESTRON tested Unicomp's stencil cleaner for the removability of wet solder paste and adhesives from SMT stencils and mis-printed boards using ZESTRON's MPC® Technology-based VIGON® SC 200 and solvent-based ZESTRON® SD 301. Excellent cleaning results were achieved during this study. Both cleaning agents were found to be effective in Unicomp's SC-PII stencil cleaner. |
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APS Novastar's LS60V-LED - a New Solution for LED Placements for Short to Medium Run SMT Assembly
 APS Novastar, LLC, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of OEM solutions for short to medium run SMT and PCB assembly is pleased to announce the release of its LS60V-LED Automated SMT pick and place machine. The LS60V-LED specifically addresses customers' requirements for longer LED panel lengths, LED package nozzle dimensions and material selection, and utilized APS Novastar's proprietary touchless centering system, providing placement rates of up to 4800 cph. The new LS60V-LED handles panels up to 800mm in length and is available with an array of nozzles designed for the most common LED packages from CREE, Nichia, and Philips Lumileds and Luxeon. Custom manufactured nozzles are available to address a customer's specific application needs.  "There is an unmet need among our customers looking for LED placement solutions for their short to medium SMT assembly runs," states John Malboeuf, Vice President, Global Sales. "We are currently in the process of delivering and supporting LS60V-LED machine installations around the world."
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