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Indium Corporation elevates Mackie to senior product manager
The provider of indium, gallium, germanium and high purity metals has promoted the expert in electronics manufacturing, including wafer fabrication, electronics assembly, and semiconductor packaging
Indium Corporation has promoted Andy C. Mackie to senior product manager, semiconductor and advanced assembly materials.
Mackie leads the product development and marketing of Indium Corporation's advanced materials for their semiconductor customers' most demanding applications. Through his partnerships with sales, and research and development teams, he has opened up new business opportunities in Asia and the Americas.
Andy Mackie earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from The University of Nottingham, UK, and an M.Sc. in surface and colloid chemistry from the University of Bristol, UK. He has over tweny years of experience in new product and process development and materials marketing in all areas of electronics manufacturing, including wafer fabrication, electronics assembly, and semiconductor packaging.
He is an electronics industry expert in physical chemistry, surface chemistry, rheology, solder materials properties and processes (including solder paste printing), and reflow processes.
Mackie has written papers and lectured internationally on subjects ranging from sub-ppb metals analysis in supercritical carbon dioxide to pin-probe testing of flux residues. He also holds patents in novel polymers, gas analysis, and solder paste formulation, and is trained in Six Sigma - Design of Experiments.
Founded in 1934, Indium Corporation is a materials supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin-film, and thermal management markets.