Most of the flooding in Thailand has receded, but some factories are still unable to start up.  The worst news is that it is not known when this power will be restored.

A slew of companies have manufacturing operations in Thailand all involving test and assembly. There have also been several lead-frame suppliers that have been impacted.

1)         ON Semi – The company is in the process of relocating as much of the product from its facility to other sites.

2)         NXP – NXP’s Thai facility has been impacted and the company is seeking alternate sources for lead-frame from other qualified vendors

3)         Rohm – Rohm was also impacted and is attempting to provide products to customers from other locations.

4)         LAIPIS – the LAPIS facility was located in one of the worst flooded areas and is currently closed. The company is searching for alternate locations to supply products.

5)         HANA – HANA’s facility is currently under water and is not operational.

6)         Sumitomo – Has a facility that was impacted and is current shifting demand to other locations to avoid shortages.

7)         Stars Microelectronics – Its facility has been flood and is relocating operations to other facilities.

8)         Vigilant – The company shut down its facility even with no flood damage apparently there.

9)         STATS – The company has suspended its operations in Thailand and is relocating assembly and test operations to offer facilities.

10)        Toshiba – The company’s facility in Thailand stopped since Oct. 16 with more than 1 meter of flooding reported.

More than ever, the amount of counterfeit components circulated throughout the economy has reached an all-time high.  They have even found their way into military applications costing companies billions of dollars.  There needs to be an assurance that companies are providing original parts to customers.  Not everyone has the ability to do so.

Not only has DERF been in business for 65 years, but we are keeping up with technology to provide state of the art inspection for our clients.  Our in-house test lab consists of the following equipment:

• Nisene Technology JetEtch II Acid Decapsulator
• Monroe Electronics Model 292 Surface Resistance Test Kit
• Monroe Electronics Model 282A-1 Digital Stat-ARC 3 Electrostatic Fieldmeter
• Monroe Electronics Model 282 CPS-1 Portable Charged Plate System
• 2 NIKON OPTIPHOT Brightfield / Darkfield Microscopes
• Tucsen CMOS TCA-1.31C Color Microscope Camera
• We also offer in-house baking with our Blue M oven

Our warehouse employees are ESD trained, CCAP101 trained, and also MSL trained.    With in-house decapsulation, we can share detailed images using our equipment to share with your buyers and engineers.  If substandard/nonconforming/ counterfeit material is identified, it is immediately quarantined.

Watch a video of e-waste being made into counterfeit parts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vN_7NJ4qYA