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An alloy that may improve high-temperature electronics in oil and geothermal wells was really a solution in search of a problem. Sandia National Laboratories first investigated the gold-silver-germanium alloy about 15 years ago as a possible bonding material in a new neutron tube product. But a design change forced Sandia to shelve the material, said Paul Vianco, who has worked in soldering and brazing technology at Sandia for 26 years. Then a few years ago, researchers working on other...

CLEVELAND, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share, payable April 15, 2013, to holders of record as of March 28, 2013. Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys...

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) will highlight advances in its proprietary electron attachment (EA) technology for soldering applications at the IPC APEX Expo in San Diego, Calif., from February 19-21. IPC APEX attendees can stop by Air Products Booth #2708 to learn about the advantages of EA activated hydrogen over plasma-based and flux-based processes for cleaning soldering surfaces during electronics assembly and packaging. These...

AIM Solder to present at the electronic industry's premier event, IPC APEX Expo, on February 19th at the San Diego Convention Center Cranston, Rhode Island (PRWEB) February 03, 2013 AIM Solder announces that it will present the paper “Conformal Coating Over No-Clean Flux” at the upcoming IPC APEX Expo, scheduled to take place February 19-21, 2013 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. This presentation will be held during session S12 titled “Fluxes and Pastes” on...

CLEVELAND, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) will release 2012 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results on Friday, February 15, 2013, prior to market open. A conference call will take place at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, that same day. A webcast of the call will be accessible to the public through the Company's website at http://www.lincolnelectric.com/InvestorWebcasts/. Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development...

SHENZHEN CITY, China, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shenzhen JBT Electronics Technology Co., LTD is a high technology LED company in Guangdong China. We are currently selling our products all around the globe and have hundreds of different designs and models ranging from LED bulbs to LED street lights, to LED explosion-proof lighting. www.jbtled.com Shenzhen JBT Electronics Technology Co, LTD, in Guangdong China is proud to announce that it has successfully completed initial...

CLEVELAND, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) today announced that the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2013, 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time, at the Marriott Cleveland East, 26300 Harvard Road, Warrensville Heights, Ohio 44122. Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc-welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment...

CLEVELAND, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) has approved a 17.6% increase in the quarterly cash dividend, from $0.17 per share to $0.20 per share, or $0.80 per share on an annualized basis. Given the uncertainty of tax increases on dividends in 2013, the Directors also authorized moving the December dividend payment date up from January 2013 and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, payable...

DETROIT, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Beauty Tools is proud to announce a new charitable campaign running for the remainder of 2012 and into 2013. The company is planning to auction off all of its existing inventory of refurbished soldering irons, solder pots and resistance soldering systems and donate 100% of the proceeds to charity. Week long auctions have already commenced and the company has a goal of raising $1,000 through this effort. The company has chosen to...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 °C. Once fully optimized, the CuantumFuse(TM) solder material is expected to produce joints with up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity...