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Articles in July, 2008 issue of Circuits Assembly

• iNEMI's place in the world
  by Mike Buetow
• JBM Electronics
• Microboard processing
• Blakell Europlacer
• R&D Circuits
• Mara Technologies
• JSK Associates
• Finetech
• SMTA
• Milara Inc
• Valor Computerized Systems
• AIM Solder
• World Fair
• Sono-Tek Corp
• Martec
• SMTA
• Best Inc
• Hon Hai will enter the notebook contract manufacturing market next year, the Commercial Times reported
• Neil MacRaild
• Zestron America named Neil Murphy Northeast sales manager, responsible for products and services
• Chris Brown
• Florian Schildein
• EMS firm Axiom Manufacturing Services named Mike Jones quality manager and Simon Crewe supply chain manager
• Damian Santhanasamy
• Michael W. Bivens
• Rich Nottenburg
• Steve Blomquist
• Thomas J. Smach
• Ofer Shofman, president, chief executive of Valor Computerized Systems, is retiring. CFO Dan Hoz has been named acting president and CEO
• Dr. James F. Reilly
• Ronald Lindell
• Greg Hayes
• SMTA panel talks Lean, Pb-free and the economy
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• LG, Haier may bid for GE appliances unit
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• US, Japan file WTO complaint against EU
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Optimism, new orders common at JPCA/Protec
  by Matthew Holzmann
• Semis ascend
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Manufacturing stalls again in May
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Industry market snapshot
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Metals index
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• EMS set to undergo slowdown
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Display driver chip market heads to mature stage
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• WSTS: global semi growth 4.7% in 2008, 5.8% in 2009
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Kester's 'delicate balance'
• What's your selling style? Opt for a positive approach and customers will vote with their feet
  by Susan Mucha
• Forecasting's bitter 'secret sauce': leading indicators have been the bane of prediction models. A more rational model is proposed
  by Jennifer Read
• The z-direction goes vertical: electronics companies across markets are hopping on PoP
  by E.Jan Vardaman
• Stencil horror stories: why a 100 mm board shouldn't be processed with a 300 mm squeegee
  by Clive Ashmore
• A cut above: a six-step primer on microsectioning techniques
• Will electronics follow the sun? Vast investment in solar technology has echoes of another mass transition: SMT
  by Irene Sterian
• 'Warm' manufacturing heats up: nanotechnology poses an attractive solution for lower-temp soldering
  by Alan Rae
• Reputation trumps recession, China: mid-tier EMS opportunities are abundant to firms that emphasize the personal touch
  by Art Rutledge
• 'Web circuits': avoiding re-spins is made easy and economical through a novel additive process
  by Mike Buetow
• A novel non-VOC conformal coating: the polyurethane pre-polymer, 100% solids material performed well in SIR and thermal shock testing
  by Jade Bridges
• Krypton: benchmarking customer satisfaction: the overall winner for small EMS firms focuses on engineering solutions
  by Chelsey Drysdale
• Products and services
• Preventing Pb-free solder pot contamination; Brittle joints are one common result of poor maintenance
  by Ursula Marquez de Tino
• HOP-ping mad: reprofiling may be the best containment method for head-on-pillow
  by Chrys Shea
• How clean are plugged microvias? Not very. And the residues can affect circuit performance
• 3-D automated X-ray
• Automatic flux remover
• Nitrogen preheat selective soldering
• Miniwave soldering
• 'Long open time' paste
• 'All specimens' x-ray
• Benchtop robot
• Tabletop dispenser
• Mid-size placer
• Upgraded printer
• Flux with underfill-like protection
• In case you missed it