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We Have a Long Legacy in Developing Lead-Free Solder Solutions Indium Corporation has been the only materials supplier known for its focus on reliability on the Automotive Electronics Council. Given its expertise and leadership in this domain, Indium, seems to be tapping the Indian automotive market vigorously. Understanding more about their plans, Niloy of BISinfotech tables an exclusive interview with Tim Twining, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Technical Support, Indium Corporation. During the interaction, the veteran highlights on their innovative solutions like lead-free solders, Indian market focus, and their strategic leadership in the PCB and SMT Assembly market, and also shares their master plan to keep the tempo during the pandemic. Edited Nub below.
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. Given 2021, what will be the key offerings and focus of Indium Corporation in India? In 2021, we’ll continue to focus on the proliferation of electronics in the automotive market. Due to higher power requirements, hybrid and electric vehicles are using electronic power modules at higher and higher voltages and current densities, with long-range-capable battery systems to match. Ensuring long-term reliability drives our innovation in assembly materials for automotive modules and packages.
Indium Corporation’s proven products for automotive applications include: y Indalloy®292, an innovative alloy engineered to provide advanced lifetime reliability to industries requiring highperformance and to address the increased temperatures in many automotive applications. y Indium8.9HF Solder Paste, an industry-proven solder paste series that delivers no-clean, halogen-free solutions designed to produce low-voiding, enhance electrical reliability, and improve stability during the printing process for high-reliability automotive electronics. y InFORMS® preforms are innovative reinforced matrix solder composites, which provide even bondline thickness, as well as enhanced joint strength, mitigating reliability challenges for EV modules.
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pandemic including: the medical community for the production of ventilators a nd p a c ema k ers; fire suppression in producing fire sprinklers; emergency Vice President of Sales, Marketing responders, supporting the and Technical Support, development of advanced Indium Corporation telecommunication devices; and the transportation industry with the production of automotive lighting and aerospace electronics. We meet or exceed best practices for virus containment, minimizing economic hardships on our communities, and protecting our people, their families, and their communities while we continue to supply high-quality materials to the industry. During this pandemic and despite all the challenges, Indium Corporation’s team kept innovating with new materials and processes to meet the demands of new products that are currently or will shortly enter the market. We kept investing in R&D and engineering and installed more manufacturing tools and analytic capabilities than any previous year. To accommodate this increased activity, we increased our manufacturing footprint in virtually all of our facilities and created a new 42,000 sq. ft. headquarters. You will hear about more expansion in 2021.
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. Your sales and marketing strategies in this new normal? Like many in the industry, we shifted our marketing and sales focus to digital platforms. For example, we developed and launched our own webinar program—the InSIDER Series—to allow us to continue to share our expert industry insight and products with our customers. We’ve been honored by the success and participation the program has seen so far and Indium Corporation remains the only materials supplier on the will continue to cover exciting topics in 2021 and beyond. reliability-focused Automotive Electronics Council. For those interested, our archived webinars can be found at www.indium.com/webinar. In addition to our webinar program, . Talking about last year which faced a major turmoil we work with industry organizations and media to support due to the pandemic, Indium Corporation strategies to them with technical content and advance the industry. keep processes and business seamless? Also, segments and . How are you meeting the advanced needs of the global regions where your business was mostly hit? electronics assembly materials market? Indium Corporation has continued to support our customers, ensuring essential industries are supplied during the To us, our motto of From One Engineer to Another® is more than
y QuickSinter® silver sintering paste delivers consistent, highspeed sintering on a variety of surfaces and die metallizations. QuickSinter® works well in both high- and low-temperature pressure or pressureless applications. It can be used for discretes, small modules, and integrated power modules.
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