Firm Announces Accredited SMT Training Program

  • 12/01/95
PACE, Inc. announced its Accredited Training Center (ATC) Program to establish a network of schools to teach and certify students in various elements of High Reliability Interconnection Technology. Increasing sophistication of surface mount technology (SMT) means a host of complicating factors such as higher density packaging and micro miniaturization. PACE Accredited Training Centers prepare instructors to teach current and up-to-date techniques and procedures to students and industrial trainees. There are ATCs in Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, as well as in England, Canada, Germany and Scotland. PACE, Inc., Laurel, MD, (301) 490-9860.

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