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Custom Interconnect delivers Breeze set-top box
Custom Interconnect has won a contract from Breeze Technologies to manufacture the TVIUM TR-100, a compact set-top box that captures digital terrestrial feed for distribution over networks.
News from Electronicstalk, 19 April 2010
CIL produces infrared light source for Mindstorm
Custom Interconnect (CIL) has produced a bespoke, high-power, uniform, infrared (IR) light source for Mindstorm Technologies.
News from Electronicstalk, 2 March 2010
CIL extends flying probe test capability
Andover-based CIL has increased its flying probe test capability by installing a Takaya APT9401CE test station.
News from Electronicstalk, 23 July 2009
CIL - latest company news
5 June 2009 - CIL has been appointed as a Future Lighting Solutions integration member.
News from Electronicstalk, 8 June 2009
Wave soldering expansion is Blundell's hundredth
New machine complements existing selective soldering machines that have provided CIL with lead-free capability for the past four years.
News from Electronicstalk, 23 November 2007
Company organises soldering courses
Eight CIL operators undertook a three day training course conducted by Advance Rework Technology.
News from Electronicstalk, 31 August 2007
Fourth SMT line expands capacity
Following recent expansion, CIL now has four completely compatible SMT lines capable of handling high-feeder-count assemblies and lead-free components.
News from Electronicstalk, 18 July 2007
Placement machine upgrades SMT capabilities
CIL has upgraded its SMT capability by installing a new Tyco Mirae 1030 SMT placement machine.
News from Electronicstalk, 15 November 2006
CIL is named UK's best small company
Custom Interconnect has won the Best Small Company Award in the Cranfield School of Management's annual Best Factory Awards.
News from Electronicstalk, 13 October 2006
Solder printer enables flexible production regimes
A third Speedprint SP880avi solder printer installed at the CIL factory in Andover means that all three production lines are now completely interchangeable.
News from Electronicstalk, 8 June 2006
Lead-free transition is easier than expected
Half of all production at CIL is now fully RoHS compliant.
News from Electronicstalk, 8 February 2006
Ball grid array technology improves fish tagging
Andover-based electronics design and manufacturing company CIL, has worked with Cefas to develop data storage tag (DST) for fish that uses double-sided ball grid array technology.
News from Electronicstalk, 11 November 2005
Gold ball bonder expands chip-on-board options
Custom Interconnect has installed a new F and K Delvotec Model 6200 high speed, hybrid gold ball bonder, the first addition to the company's new manufacturing facility in Andover, Hampshire.
News from Electronicstalk, 12 October 2005
Digital X-ray system is first in Europe
Whitchurch based electronics design and contract manufacture company Custom Interconnect has taken delivery of the first Dage XD7600 XiDAT digital X-ray system to be installed in the Europe.
News from Electronicstalk, 11 February 2005
New machine boosts wire bonding capabilities
CIL has installed another new aluminium wire bonder that is designed to meet the demands of the latest techniques required in die and wire bonding.
News from Electronicstalk, 10 December 2004
Lead-free trials under way
CIL, an electronic manufacturing and design company, has invested to put it in a position to work with customers on trial projects involving lead-free manufacture.
News from Electronicstalk, 11 November 2004
Third new lead-free-capable SMT line for CIL
CIL, the Whitchurch based electronics manufacturing and design company, has installed another completely new, fully automated surface mount line.
News from Electronicstalk, 1 November 2004
Scott has designs on CIL
CIL, the Whitchurch based contract design and manufacturing company, has appointed Gordon Scott as Senior Design Engineer.
News from Electronicstalk, 30 August 2004
From silicon die to full custom BGA assembly
CIL now has the capability to provide the full production process from silicon die to custom ball grid array (BGA) assembly.
News from Electronicstalk, 12 August 2004
Gloabal search provides local solution
When Nick Searle needed to find an electronics design and manufacturing company to help with a new prestigious contract, he found the solution just a few hundred metres down the road.
News from Electronicstalk, 2 July 2004
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