CHANTILLY, Va. APRA’s 2009 Electronics and Mechatronics Clinic will be held on May 12-13 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Duluth, Minn.
APRA says the clinic program is jam-packed with presentations and speakers with “forward-thinking” and progressive ideas for the future. Russ Schinzing of DMR Electronics will give a preview of his plant prior to the tour on May 13. There will also be a presentation on “Reverse Engineering Microprocessors” by Michael Britt and Tom Weingartner of Innovasic Semiconductor in Albuquerque, N.M. Rex Vandenberg of Injectronics Australia, Pty. in Hallam, Victoria, Australia, will discuss the challenges with testing components. An additional presentation is waiting to be confirmed and will be announced shortly.
The clinic will end with a plant tour of DMR Electronics in Hibbing, Minn. DMR designs, manufactures and remanufactures industrial electronic components and wiring harnesses for trucks, buses, trains, heavy equipment, and more. DMR has grown to become one of the premier remanufacturing centers in the country.
For more information on the clinic or to join the APRA Electronics & Mechatronics Division, please contact APRA President, Bill Gager at 703-968-2772, ext. 103 or e-mail [email protected]. Clinic information is also available at www.apra.org.