Massimiliano D'Amore, Sales Manager, joined the Executive Board of Iftest AG at the beginning of December 2022.

Massimiliano D'Amore joined Iftest AG as Sales Manager in October 2022. He held a senior sales position at an EMS service provider from 2008 to 2013, so he is familiar with the EMS business "from the inside" as well. Mr. D'Amore will continue to lead the sales and customer team in addition to his new management responsibilities.

For more details about him, please see the article.

Iftest hat durch die Implementierung einer neuen SMT-Bestückungsanlage für die Prototypenfertigung in die Modernisierung seiner Fertigung investiert. Zusätzlich wird die Bestückungskapazität am Standort Wettingen substantiell erhöht. Damit ist Iftest bestens gerüstet für weiteres Wachstum.

The recertification of the Iftest subsidiary, QESS, once again confirmed its commitment to high-quality standards. The recertification was carried out by the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS), and certifies the company to ISO standard 9001 (quality management systems) and ISO 13485 (medical devices).

The newly published whitepaper (only available in German) describes the fundamentals of the 3D system used by Iftest for automatic optical inspection (AOI), produced by the Korean company Koh Young Technology Inc., and compares it with older 2D technology. The comprehensively researched whitepaper provides a detailed overview of the assembly errors that can be identified via AOI and describes how the SMT assembly process can be optimised regarding maximum process stability and cost efficiency. In addition, the whitepaper touches on the limits of AOI systems and describes, with reference to the Iftest practice, how the quality assurance process can be usefully supplemented by further testing procedures (e.g. with x-ray microscopy or electric testing procedures).

Since May 2018, Iftest has been using a new-generation x-ray microscope to enhance quality assurance and process monitoring in electronics manufacturing. The addition complements the existing quality assurance tools, such as the 3D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) system and a series of other electronic testing techniques, to provide customers with guaranteed top-quality products.