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1 2 Tactile Pressure Sensor Film Helps Hold Tolerances Publication Date: 6/10/2008 Capacitors after being pressed. By Arlene Gleicher, Technical Information Specialist, Sensor Products, Inc., Madison, NJ As an innovator of film capacitor technology, SB Electronics designs and manufactures products that are on the cutting edge of today's demanding electronics applications. To maintain continuous improvement of its manufacturing processes, David Bryan, Manufacturing Engineering Manager for SB Electronics, Touch Screen Technology: Managing Multiple Choices Publication Date: 6/10/2008 By Ed Sullivan, Hermosa Beach, CA Though increasingly widespread and user-friendly, touch screen technology is still very much a specialty, and is therefore outsourced by equipment manufacturers. But outsourcing any electronic subassembly can be a slippery slope for OEMs, since ultimately the end product will have their brand name on it. Global manufacturers in the automotive, aircraft and other major industries are experiencing quality issues that will certainly testify to that.  Software Partner Reshapes Marketing Program Publication Date: 6/10/2008 By Bruce Cameron, Senior Vice President for CRM Solutions, CDC Software, Atlanta, GA Sharp Electronics Corporation's business products division was in an enviable position at the forefront of a new technology. It was the industry leader in a market with just four or five competitors, and it sat in the driver's seat for eight years before the market became more competitive. Cutting Costs with VISI Software Hybrid Tooling Publication Date: 6/10/2008 By Laura Carrabine J&M Mold (Fairport Harbor, OH) is a precision tool and die maker for the plastic, aluminum, and zinc injection industries. Owner David Martin is a mechanical engineer who says he has been working in the die casting industry since he was 13 years old. He has been using the full suite of VISI Series software from Vero International since he opened his operation seven years ago. Partnering to Combine Embedded Passives Publication Date: 6/10/2008 Resistance and capacitance core. By Bruce Mahler, Vice President, Ohmega Technologies, Inc., Culver City, CA Embedding passive components within PC boards is not a new science; at Ohmega, we've been doing it for 35 years. But the technology has evolved dramatically in that time period, and today's inside-the-board possibilities are more diverse than ever. Ohmega Technologies, Inc. manufactures OhmegaPly®, the U.S. Industry standard for thin film embedded resistive materials for printed circuit boards. Oak-Mitsui, Inc. manufactures FaradFlex®, an embedded capacitive material for printed circuit boards. There have been serious collaborative (partnering) efforts by both companies to develop a recently patented combined embeddable resistor/capacitor layer called Ohmega/Faradflex. Finding Good Offshore Partners for Software Publication Date: 6/10/2008 By Steve Mezak, CEO, Accelerance, Inc., Redwood City, CA A bad experience with offshore outsourcing of services like software development or testing can make manufacturers hesitant to try it again. If you roll your eyes when you hear the "O" word, consider that in many cases, unsatisfactory performance is the result of a poor outsourcing vendor selection process. Custom Plastic & Metal Parts Made Quickly, Inexpensively Publication Date: 6/10/2008 An electronic housing rapid prototype for Dwight, made by the Quickparts/CES partnership. By Robert Powell, Market Development Manager, Quickparts, Inc. Quickparts and Contract Engineering Services have formed a partnership to design and produce products with molded plastics, sheet-metal and most materials used in electronic applications. "Quickparts is an entirely new way to obtain custom-manufactured plastic and metal parts," said Ronald L. Hollis, Ph. D., President and CEO, Quickparts. "A more traditional method of obtaining custom parts takes too much time, leaves room for error and is often a bigger hassle than anticipated."