Manufacturing

P2i, the supplier of liquid repellent nano-coating used to protect electronics circuits, has opened a technology centre in Shenzhen, China. The Abingdon-based company said it is seeing increased demand for its protective coatings on consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets and wearable devices. “P2i is already experiencing commercial success with the Splash-proof nano-coating,” said Carl Francis, chief executive officer, P2i. According to Francis, the electronics coating is ...

SmartKem, which develops organic semiconductor materials for flexible displays circuits, says it has gained a commercially competitive advantage from having its technology validated by Bangor University. Independent validation of the company’s materials capability allowed SmartKem to form commercial partnerships with global manufacturers. This included a joint development agreement with a major Asian display manufacturer for the future commercialisation of advanced ...

Electronics manufacturing in the UK continues to flourish, though it does not conform to the stereotypical manufacturing model of endless rows of standard products on a line. The UK’s electronics manufacturing is much more likely to involve a variety of high-mix products delivered in low volumes. This is particularly true in industries such as defence, security and aerospace or healthcare ...

FCT assembly is offering a variety of anti-tombstoning option with each of its solder pastes. “The anti-tombstoning solder pastes present an excellent way to reduce the potential for tombstoning”, said the firm. Tombstoning occurs when components lift up during reflow causing an open pad at one end. “This typically occurs when one solder paste deposit reflows before the other,” said ...

Osram is switching fabrication of red, orange and yellow LEDs to 6in wafers. According to the Regensburg based company this is a first, as it claims was its move to 4in wafers many years ago. “The demand for light emitting diodes in red, orange and yellow continues to grow. We are keeping pace with this demand by being the first ...

Intel is to shutter a new fab in Chandler Arizona before it has been facilitised due to slumping demand for PC processors.

A start-up in Florida  has developed a 3D desktop printer which it claims has one of the highest 3D printing-speeds available. The company tangible engineering USA has developed the 3D printer called Solidator to use stereolithography and projector DLP-technology to turn liquid plastic (similar to nail polish) into a solid 3D object with just visible light. The 3D object is created ...

TT electronics integrated manufacturing services (TT electronics-IMS) has announced an expansion of its lower-cost manufacturing services with the opening of operations in Romania. The 50,000 square foot facility is located in the city of Timisoara which has other high-technology companies and a large University enabling recruitment of top talent and development of a highly skilled operations team and technical resources. ...

A South Wales-based contract manufacturer says there is an opportunity for the industry to address the negative stereotype of manufacturing among young people. Axiom Manufacturing Services is two years into an apprentice scheme which it hoped would kick start careers in electronics manufacturing and address the on-going debate surrounding overly negative stereotypes thought to be hampering its growth. “It’s all ...

The foundry business of ams has announced a low cost route to IC prototypes using a multi-project wafer (MPW) or shuttle run service. The foundry achieves the lower cost of prototypes by combining several designs from different customers onto a single wafer, as the costs for wafers and masks are shared among a number of different shuttle participants. The MPW service includes the whole range of 0.18µm and ...