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The issue of lead-free solder and its impact on the local electronics industry
25 February 2004
Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament requires that after 1 July 2006, newly-marketed items of (consumer, office and IT) electrical and electronic equipment, shall not contain any lead or a number of other proscribed chemicals (note that initially products used in medical, defence, aerospace and automotive applications appear to be exempted)

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SA television manufacturing industry needs rationalisation, manufacturing hubs
25 February 2004
Television set manufacturers in a hub system could bring collective purchasing power to bear on component suppliers

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Lead-free seminars on reflow process
25 February 2004, Integrated Solutions
The world is starting to focus on tin-silver copper as the lead-free alloy of choice. This article discusses the commercially available tin-silver-copper alloys and their processing and reliability, as ...

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Fast FPGAs qualified to full military specifications
25 February 2004, ASIC Design Services
Actel has announced that its high-performance, nonvolatile Axcelerator family of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices has been qualified to military specifications. The Axcelerator devices are ...

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100% lead-free small signal discretes in plastic surface mount devices
25 February 2004
Royal Philips Electronics has announced the availability of its entire portfolio of small signal discrete plastic surface mount devices (SMD) in 100% lead-free packaging. In these devices, the tin-lead-plating ...

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Lead times for heat shrinkable moulded parts reduced
25 February 2004
Tyco Electronics recently announced that nearly 1000 part numbers for its Raychem heat-shrinkable moulded parts are now typically available with 10-day lead times. Previous lead times ranged from four ...

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Pb-free products shown at APEX production trade show
25 February 2004, Surveillance
Indium Corporation exhibited its latest lead-free (Pb-Free) soldering products at the recent APEX production trade show. Currently over 5 million mobile phones have been produced with the company's NC-SMQ230 ...

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Electronics News Digest
25 February 2004, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa    Altech subsidiary, Alcom Systems, has been awarded the South African Police Service tender for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and testing of a complete digital terrestrial ...

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2003: The year the Mafia moved in - 2004: The year of Superworm
11 February 2004
Financial gain has now become the principal reason behind virus development

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Comment from ADEC – Industry prospects for 2004
11 February 2004
It is our opinion that we could experience a growth in the industry similar to that of previous years

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SIA predicts robust growth for the semiconductor industry
11 February 2004
Growth will be broad-based across all markets.

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Prospects for 2004 as seen by CME
11 February 2004, Centurion Micro Electronics
Opportunities are there for those who take the time to explore new avenues to market their products and services

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With hindsight – what can we expect for 2004?
11 February 2004
We will have a positive growth year here in the electronics sector in South Africa

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2003 ‘International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors’ released
11 February 2004
This year, the ITRS was developed from a broad international effort with over 900 participants driving the technological trends for 2018

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Prospects for the electronics industry
11 February 2004
The general IC market is still showing signs of a recovery as lead times continue to increase in many different product areas

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PCB seminars for electronics design and manufacturing companies
11 February 2004, EDA Technologies
EDA Technologies has announced that once again it will bring the latest technologies and information through two up-to-date design seminars in April

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Winner of SMG’s Meterman competition
11 February 2004
The Meterman competition held recently by Spescom MeasureGraph has been won by Eric Gilogley (left) of DCC Electrical. Here he receives his R10 000 prize from Spescom MeasureGraph's Van Zyl Koegelenberg....

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Electronics News Digest
11 February 2004, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa    South African designers and their new product prototypes were recognised at the recent SABS Design Institute annual award ceremony. The Q500 cellphone, the Series 2100 Payphone system ...

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Eurosmc represented by Spescom MeasureGraph
28 January 2004
Currently in use by power companies worldwide, the Eurosmc product range is now available locally through Spescom MeasureGraph

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