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Texas Instruments, Continental Collaborate to Make Controllers

May 21, 2013

DALLAS—Texas Instruments is collaborating with automotive parts supplier Continental to mass-produce microcontrollers with Flash technology.


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Battery Manufacturer Expands in NY

May 17, 2013

COMMACK, NY—Bren-Tronics Inc., a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries for the military, has moved into a new, $5-million assembly plant here.


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Lighting Manufacturer Expands Assembly Space

May 16, 2013

BROOKLYN, NY—Lighting manufacturer LED Waves has tripled the floorspace at its assembly plant and headquarters facility here.


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Manufacturers Set Goal of 1.5 Percent Cost Reduction in 2013

May 10, 2013

MIAMI, FL—U.S. manufacturers are targeting an aggressive 1.5 percent reduction in cost of goods sold for 2013 in an effort to drive margin growth, according to a new study from The Hackett Group Inc.


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Electronics Assembler Moves to Larger Building

May 8, 2013

MASON, OH—Electronics assembler EPIC Technologies has relocated its operations from a 56,000-square-foot facility in Lebanon, OH, to a 74,000-square-foot assembly plant here. The company is also celebrating its 25th anniversary.


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What’s New With Air Presses

Servo-driven presses may have gained market share in recent years, but there’s still plenty of work for pneumatic and hydropneumatic presses on assembly lines.
May 1, 2013

When David J. Zabrosky, North American sales manager for Schmidt Technology, gets a call from a customer asking for a servo-driven assembly press, the first question he asks is, “Why?”


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LED Platforms Raise Lighting Company to Market Leadership

May 1, 2013

For 17 days, NVC Lighting Technology Corp. lit up the 2008 summer Olympics—literally. Based in Huizhou, China, the company provided lighting for several facilities in Beijing, including the Olympic village and central area, China National Convention Center, China Agricultural University gymnasium, Beijing University of Technol-ogy gymnasium and Tianjin railway station.


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Paperless Instructions Streamline Electronics Assembly

Although a small business, Sechan Electronics is one of the most respected electronics assembly companies in the United States.
May 1, 2013

Sechan’s services include circuit board assembly, wiring harness assembly and final assembly. In addition, Sechan can act quickly to change the configuration of any product in terms of how it will be used in the field.


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Evana Automation Delivers Automated Depaneling Cell

May 1, 2013

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation recently shipped a custom-built depaneling cell to a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier. The fully automatic cell loads circuit board panels from standard magazines and depanels them using servo-driven router heads. The individual boards are then loaded into trays, which are automatically stacked.


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Mitsubishi Opens Tennessee Assembly Plant

April 26, 2013

MEMPHIS, TN—Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. has opened a new, $200 million assembly plant here. The facility currently employs 65 people and is expected to employ 275 at full production.


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