“Our new sales and support offices in Singapore and Malaysia allow us to build closer working partnerships with local customers,” explains Joseph P. Keithley, Keithley’s chairman, president, and CEO. “It will allow us to provide our customers in these emerging markets with even faster, more effective sales applications assistance.”

(October 17, 2005) Bannockburn, Ill. &#8212 IPC–Association Connecting Electronics Industries and JEDEC will host the 11th International Conference on Lead-free Electronic Components and Assemblies on December 6–8, 2005, in Boston. To help prepare for such issues as new alloys and materials evaluations, inspection changes, tin whiskers, reliability, and increased assembly costs, top experts will come together to deliver an educational program and technical conference.