Posted On: January 22nd, 2007 | By: Rick Short

Word Wise

It isn’t often that I make something “REQUIRED READING“ for my Marcom team. But here is a case where the edict reaches out into the ...

Posted On: January 19th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Two Second Reduction in Cycle Time = $600K per Year on the Average SMT Line

Folks, Much of my work is related to productivity improvement on SMT assembly lines. When one considers that the electronics assembly industry manufac...

Posted On: January 18th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Interest in Formula for Calculating Alloy Density Still Keen

Folks, The technique to calculate density of an alloy still attracts interest about a year after I first discussed it. Although I am pleased to shar...

Posted On: January 9th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

RoHS-Like Federal Legislation

Folks, Loyal reader Carl sends this newsclip: RoHS-Like Federal Legislation Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), slated to take over the top spot in the House Ene...

Posted On: December 30th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

History of 2/3rds of Defects from Stencil Printing

Folks, In my recent SMT column, “It Pays to be Data Driven,” I asked if anyone new the source of the well accepted industry adage that 2/3...

Posted On: December 26th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

U.S. Should Adopt RoHS-Like Law, Poll Findings Suggest

Folks, A recent Manufacturing Net article states that a 3 month online poll of over 1500 people found that by a 2 to 1 margin the polltakers favor a.....

Posted On: December 22nd, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SMTA interested in Military RoHS Issues

Folks, I just chatted with JoAnn Stromberg of the SMTA, she is enthusiastic for the SMTA to be a focal point for folks that are interested......

Posted On: December 20th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The UK Publishes WEEE Rules

Folks, The UK published its WEEE rules. Thanks to June Pinkham of Sea View Technologies for alerting me to this. Remember that each country in the ...

Posted On: December 13th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

iNEMI Helping Companies with High Reliability Concerns vis a vis RoHS Exempt

Folks, I just chatted with iNEMI’s Jim McElroy about how iNEMI is working with companies concerned with high reliability and are partially RoHS...

Posted On: December 11th, 2006 | By: Rick Short

Reader Feedback

John Cass writes about PR, marketing and the Internet in his PR Communications blog . He does a ton of other things, as well. I’ve worked......

Posted On: December 1st, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

WEEE disassembly facility opens in Hungary

Folks, A WEEE disassembly facility opened in Hungary on November 20. Its 2000 ton capacity (2 million kilogram) means that it can support recycling fo...