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Jacob DiBari has accepted the position of Marketing Specialist for the Metals, Chemicals & Energy Business Unit (MCEU) —May. 12th, 2008: Announcement from Fezan Sayed: I am pleased to announce that Jacob DiBari has accepted the position of Marketing Specialist for the Metals, Chemicals & Energy Business Unit (MCEU). Jacob is based at ICA HQ and reports to me.

Jacob is responsible for developing business growth opportunities with a focus on alternative energy markets. He also has a variety of market and product management responsibilities that drive our ability to solve customer problems and fuel our revenue and profit growth.

Jacob has been a Marketing Intern with Indium Corporation since March of 2007. In this role, he conducted initial market research for many existing and potential markets. Prior to his intern role at Indium Corporation, Jacob was a coordinator at Deployed Resources in Rome, NY and a finance clerk at a ski resort in Lake Tahoe, California.

Jacob is a recent graduate from the State University of New York’s Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Jacob lives in Clinton, NY and enjoys cooking, golf, snowboarding, and cycling. He is a volunteer for the Ride for Missing Children and the Rome Hospital.

Please join me in welcoming Jacob to the Indium team.
Real Time with IPC - Dr. Ron discusses the latest issues with solder products. —Apr. 22nd, 2008: Dr. Ronald Lasky Senior Technologist with Indium Corporation and a professor at Dartmouth University, writes in his blog: All of the obsolete computers in the US would make a 22 story mountain that would cover the entire 472 square miles of greater Los Angeles. Yikes! WEEE, RoHS and Green are here to stay. Interest in halogen free solders and assembly continues to grow, even in spite of the controversy of whether or not it is a valid green issue for solder. Many of us think that halogen free will be the topic of this year in electronic assembly materials. Due to this interest Tim Jensen of Indium is starting a Halogen Free Blog.
Damian Santhanasamy promoted to Senior Engineer —Apr. 15th, 2008: We are pleased to announce that Damian Santhanasamy has been promoted to Senior Engineer. Damian is based in Johor, Malaysia.

In his new role, Damian’s primary focus is to repeat his Southern Malaysia success in Thailand by ensuring that all target accounts receive excellent technical support. He will also continue to support the growth and development of APO’s business throughout Southern Malaysia.

Damian joined Indium Corporation in January 2006 as a Technical Engineer for APO. During this time, he has successfully supported APO’s strategy for growth through service and support of our international operations, assisting the sales team in gaining new business in Southern Malaysia. Damian has also helped to qualify our products at several major customers, such as Celestica Johor (for HP Inkjet, Hitachi, and Rockwell), PNE (Philips Lighting), and Infineon Malacca.

Damian has a diploma in Electrical & Electronics from Institut Teknologi Negeri, Malaysia.

Please join us in congratulating Damian in his new role.
Indium Receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award —Mar. 25th, 2008: Clinton, New York, March 17, 2008 – Indium Corporation was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s 2007 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success. The company is awarded for its efforts supplying Intel with solder thermal interface materials. Indium Corporation and 34 additional PQS award winners will be honored at a celebration in Burlingame, California on March 18.

Indium Corporation President, Greg Evans, said, “I am proud of everyone on the Indium Corporation team who works daily to meet Intel’s requirements in terms of quality, delivery, and responsiveness, and of those who support our efforts with analysis, raw materials, and reporting. It speaks well of our dedication to excellence, continuous improvement, and customer support. I am also thankful to the Intel team for their support and guidance.”

“Congratulations to Indium Corporation in earning their first Preferred Quality Supplier award from Intel,” said Jeff Selvala, Assembly Test Global Materials director, Intel Corporation. “This significant accomplishment is reflective of their strong commitment and execution in availability, technology, quality, and customer service. We look forward to Indium Corporation’s continued support providing materials of the highest quality.”

The PQS awards are part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality systems assessment. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality.

Intel will also recognize PQS award winners with an advertisement in the U.S., Europe and Asia editions of The Wall Street Journal on March 18, 2008.
Indium Corporation Announces Technical Support Changes —Feb. 6th, 2008: I am pleased to announce the following staffing changes for the Americas Technical Support Department. These changes are effective immediately.

Dave Sbiroli has been named Applications Development Program Manager. Dave continues to report to me. This more focused role will allow us to expand and leverage Dave’s research expertise to close those critical sales opportunities that make our business successful. To facilitate this goal, Dave will continue to develop world class capabilities within Indium’s Process Simulation Laboratory. In addition, with the assistance of Chris Anglin, Dave will continue to coordinate and perform testing of Indium’s interconnect materials to target customers’ Approved Vendor Lists/Approved Materials Lists. He is also responsible for generating data related to Indium’s new and emerging materials.

Paul Socha, Principle Application Engineer, has agreed to lead Indium’s Technical Support Department until a new manager with global responsibilities can be hired. In this role, Paul reports to me.
Paul is now responsible for the day-to-day management of the Technical Support Department, including scheduling phone coverage, training, approving travel and expense reports, and overseeing engineering and technical meetings and specification reviews. The Americas-based technical support team now reports to Paul for these operational activities.

Please join me in offering your assistance and support to both Dave and Paul in their new roles.

Ross B. Berntson
VP, Solder Products Business Unit

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More Technical Support Help... —Feb. 4th, 2008: Now, there's another source for technical knowledge: the Indium Technical Support Blog! Here, Indium's Application Engineer Mario Scalzo answers the really tough questions, and provides a deep insight into the world that we call electronics. Topics range from Halogen-Free Solder Paste to Soldering to Gold.

Feel free to stop by and peruse the topics, maybe there might be an answer to your nagging questions.
Anny张睿的中国SMT博客 (Anny's Chinese SMT Blog!) —Jan. 21st, 2008: Anny张睿的中国SMT博客

欢迎大家来Anny张睿的中国SMT博客www.indium.com/anny 。这是一个我们共同交流，学习，成长的平台。Anny的博客中，有她个人对SMT 行业最新动态的一些看法，有关于Indium公司的一些公共消息，还有她个人在美国学习和生活的点滴有趣见闻。希望能在Anny的博客中，或是Indium 的任何网页上听到您的声音；期盼我们Indium人已经是/或能成为您的朋友。
Indium Corporation launches "Obsessed" Videos —Jan. 16th, 2008: Our marketing department has launched our new "obsessed" video collection, which are located on our website, http://www.indium.com.

Feel free to comment through the Indium Knowledge Base (IKB).

- Mario Scalzo
Global Tech Training —Jun. 12th, 2006: Several Indium Corporation tech experts from around the world spent two weeks at HQ recently to train and be trained on some of our hottest products. The goal was to share knowledge, devise optimized sales techniques, and strengthen our company.
Indium Corporation’s NF260 Wins Third Prestigious Award —Apr. 17th, 2006: Indium Corporation’s NF260 No-Flow Underfill was awarded the 2006 EM Asia Innovation Award at Nepcon Shanghai, China. Sponsored by EM Asia Magazine, the Innovation Award recognizes, rewards, and celebrates excellence in the Asian electronics industry. Indium’s NF260 No-Flow Underfill has also earned the Global Technology Award at Productronica in November 2005 and the Vision Award at APEX in February 2006.

NF260 is the world’s first Reworkable, Air Reflowable, Pb-Free No-Flow Underfill. This remarkable product delivers increased reliability one order of magnitude over the leading competitor and two orders of magnitude over not using an underfill. CSP reliability is enhanced by addressing joint cracking due to brittle Pb-Free alloys, and reduced joint size due to miniaturization. It also provides cost savings and improved performance.

Designed for Pb-Free assembly, NF260 is fully compatible with the SMT process and offers a wide process window to accommodate solder reflow and underfill curing. The underfill curing is completed in one reflow pass and no post-cure is required.

NF260 saves money by utilizing existing automated equipment and by enabling processing in typical Pb-Free reflow profiles. It promotes excellent wetting, low-voiding, and durability in thermal cycling. It also provides the necessary strength to withstand the most rigorous drop tests, including surpassing endurance expectations, with no failures after more than 450 drop tests. Under similar conditions, unfilled soldered connections typically fail after fewer than 10 drops.

NF220 is also available for SnPb applications.

Indium Corporation is a three-time Frost & Sullivan Award-winning supplier of award-winning electronics assembly materials, including solder pastes, solder preforms, fluxes, Pb-Free solder alloys, underfill materials, die-attach materials, and more. The company is also the world’s premiere supplier of commercial grade and high-purity indium. Factories are located in the USA, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and China. Founded in 1934, the company is ISO 9001 registered.
Indium/Zestron Training Seminar —Apr. 17th, 2006: Chris Anglin, Mario Scalzo, Ed Briggs, Eric Bastow, Grace Soh and Dave Sbiroli from ICA's Technical Support group attended a one-day Indium/Zestron training seminar on April 12 at the American Competitiveness Institute (ACI) in Philadelphia. The purpose of this joint training seminar was to demonstrate the effectiveness of various Zestron cleaning chemicals with various ICA solder paste formulations. The seminar consisted of discussions on matching the chemistries of the Zestron's cleaning formulations with the chemistries of Indium's paste flux, along with actual cleaning performance demonstrations using the laboratory facilities at ACI. As a result, both technical support groups at Zestron and Indium Corporation will be better able to assist customers with recommendations on the selection of the proper Zestron cleaning formulation for a specific Indium Corporation solder paste formulation.
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