Indium Corp. of America, based in Clifton, N.Y., is now represented by Bobet Corp., which will sell Indium's complete line of electronics assembly products in the Arizona area. Bobet President Bob Bracher, with more than 25 years of electronics sales and marketing experience, is on the board of the Central Arizona/Phoenix Metro Area IMAPS (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society) chapter, where he has worked to support lead-free processing in the industry.Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesMiniaturized Spectrometer Proves Fit for Compact ElectronicsScientists in Europe have collaborated to develop an ultracompact spectrometer design that offers large bandwidth, moderate spectral resolution, and a spectral sensitivity in the infrared (IR)...Photonics Spectra January 2023 IssueMicrometric Photovoltaic Cells Aim To Shrink Electronic DevicesResearchers have manufactured back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells, a world-first, according to the multi-institutional collaborators. 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