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PCB007 - Equipment Technologies President John Pelletier explains to Technical Editor Pete Starkey the realities of the used-equipment market and what differentiates the broker from the true re-builder...

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Mentor Graphics - Mentor Graphics Corporation, (NASDAQ: MENT), the worldwide market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design-through-manufacturing...

PCB007 - PCB maker IBIDEN Co. Ltd. has announced net sales of 300 billion yen ($3.77 billion at $1=JPY79.73) for fiscal year 2011 ended March 31, 2012, down 1.3% year-on-year.

DigiTimes - Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker listed in the Taiwan stock market, posted net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.79 for the first quarter of 2012, the highest among all...

PCB007 - The German market PCB market will grow by 4.2 percent to 1.4 billion euros this year, while the IC industry is expected to slightly decrease by 1.3 percent to 712 million euros, according to...

PR Web: Electronics - Custom Circuit Boards, LLC., headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona has introduced the manufacturing capability to provide same day turn around PCBs for single and double-sided circuit boards.

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DigiTimes - Production value of the global flexible FPCB industry will grow 5.91% to US$6.81 billion in 2012 driven by demand for compact and slim-profile consumer devices, according to the Industrial...

ELEKTOR.com - SmtAssistant is a new, free software tool that facilitates locating components on a printed circuit based on a picture (bitmap) of it and a Pick & Place (PKP) file. The tool, developed for...

PCB007 - Milan Shah, president and owner of Royal Circuits Solutions, one of the industry's fastest growing PCB fabricators, has announced the acquisition of a Micronic 86 Drilling Machine.

PCB007 - The new site was designed to highlight San Francisco Circuits' Borderless Boards complete solution including design, fabrication and assembly. The site's PCB School section provides visitors...

DigiTimes - The production value of PCBs in China is expected to grow over 9% in 2012 from the levels recorded in 2011, in which the production value edged up 14.8% to US$25.46 billion, accounting for...

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Combined shipments of rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs) and flexible circuits in March declined 12.2 percent from March 2011, while orders booked increased just 0.2 percent, according to...

PCB007 - Weak overall demand, supply chain issues, strong competition, and stagnant macroeconomic growth are inhibiting significant gains for the PCB industry, according to the latest comprehensive...

IPC Blog - Rex Rozario, the founder of Crediton-based (U.K.) PCB manufacturer Graphic Plc, was named Entrepreneur of the Year and has received the Lifetime Achievement award during the recent Express...

IPC - Happy Holden predicts both technologies and standards will change to address the huge potential of this market.

PCB007 - R&D Circuits, Inc., a New Jersey-based PCB manufacturer, has installed four new Chemcut systems in its facility. These systems include a Chemcut CC8000 cupric chloride develop-etch-strip system,...

PCB007 - The subject of technology and materials supply is clearly vast and compounded by ever-increasing challenges. Since the dawn of the electronics age, the quest for capability, combined with commercial...

AppleInsider - Apple's push to increase employee compensation and safety in its supply chain continues to have an effect in the Far East, where another key supplier has boosted pay and reduced overtime for...

Forbes - Technology - Shares of the flexible circuit board maker Multi-Fineline Electronix are trading lower Friday morning following a mixed financial report for its fiscal second quarter ended March 31.

IPC Blog - Is in-house prototyping of printed circuit boards for everyone? Here's a quick look at the pros and cons of this technology. To learn more about prototyping printed circuit boards in-house,...

PR Newswire: Electronic Design Automation - Vulcan Flex Circuit Corporation (VFCC), a division of Vulcan Electric Company, announced today that it has completed its recertification program to fabricate flexible printed circuit boards...

PCB007 - Alex Danovich, President of San Francisco Circuits announced today that his company has received their ISO 9001:2008 Registration as a value added broker providing PCB Design, Fabrication and...

PCB007 - For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in March 2012 decreased 12.2% from March 2011, while orders booked increased just 0.2% from March 2011.

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IPC Blog - I'm just back from the big trade show of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the SAE World  Congress. Automakers and their largest suppliers didn't make presentations that went down to the...

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IPC New Products - This global study of technology trends in the PCB industry is based on an extensive survey in which 41 leading PCB companies from all regions of...

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Industry Insights - Six months ago, I wrote about a lively panel discussion at PCB West about printed circuit board data transfer standards. Most panelists - and many audience members - were supportive of IPC-2581,...

IPC New Products - This paper, "China Perspective of the PCB Industry" was presented at IPC APEX EXPO 2012, February 28, 2012 by George Dudnikov,...

PR Newswire: Electronic Design Automation - Vulcan Flex Circuit Corporation (VFCC), a division of Vulcan Electric Company, announced today that it has recertified to fabricate flexible printed circuit boards (FPC) in accordance with...

Business Wire: Technology News - ITAR, circuit boards, PCBs, stencils, quickturn, Sunstone Circuits, design

IPC Blog - Check and update your profile on IPC's website, available to individuals from member companies and the industry. You'll be able to edit elements of your contact information, manage your e-mail...

PCB007 - Shares of Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd., one of Taiwan's leading makers of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for notebook computers, took a beating on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Friday morning after...

PCB007 - Sales of PCB manufacturers in Germany ​​in January went up 47% compared with the previous month, according to the ZVEI PCB and Electronic Systems. Makers attribute the increase...

PCB007 - We hear about counterfeit components all the time these days. How big is the problem? Can you get fooled by fakes? Take the PCB Girls and Geeks 10-Question Pop Quiz to find out!

PCB007 - The U.S. is still a true innovator when it comes to PCB technology and development; always has been and always will be. Yes, we have come through some hard times, but I am a firm believer in...

PCB007 - Todd Kolmodin, Gardien's vice president of quality, discusses how his company offers the highest level of quality assurance products, including embedded test centers right in customers' factories.

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DigiTimes - Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has halted production at one of its Changshu, China factories after a fire broke out at the facility in the early hours of April 19.

Business Wire: Hardware - Viasystems Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAS), a leading provider of complex multi-layer printed circuit boards and electro-mechanical solutions, today announced estimates of the company's first quarter...

Electronics Weekly - Rainbow Technology Systems will demonstrate a new process for PCB production for the first time in the UK at National Electronics Week at Birmingham NEC this week

PCB007 - The title of this article is borrowed from a TechNet thread, and in its original form, asked the question, "What is the future of electronics assembly?" For the purposes of this article, I'm...

PCB007 - American Standard Circuits, Inc. (ASCI), a military-approved fabricator of high-tech rigid and flexible printed circuit boards will exhibit at the Del Mar Electronics Show next month, May 2-3,...

PCB007 - elvia PCB Group is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at NEW UK 2012 at the NEC in Birmingham on 18th-19th April.

EMSNow - News - Photo Stencil have always had a reputation for technology and innovation. Philip Stoten of EMSNow explores this with President and CEO of Photo Stencil, Neil MacRaild

Electronics Weekly - Universal Science has introduced a formable metal-backed, thermally conductive PCB at the 'Fortronic UK LED and Lighting Forum', which took place last month

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IPC Calendar - June 6 - 7 Rosemont, IL, USA

PCB007 - Equipment Technologies President John Pelletier explains to Technical Editor Pete Starkey the realities of the used equipment market and what differentiates the broker from the true re-builder...

PCB007 - Asian Printed Circuit Board pioneer and expert James Lee passed away after a courageous bout with liver cancer late last year, surrounded by his family and friends.

PCB007 - With this certification, Advanced Circuits has U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) authorization to build qualified product for the defense industry's highest level designs with assurance that...

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Combined shipments of rigid printed circuit boards and flexible circuits in February decreased 2.3 percent from February 2011, while new orders booked increased 6.5 percent, according to the...

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EDA360 Insider - Richard Goering has just published an excellent blog post on double patterning for 20nm and 14nm process geometries in his blog Industry Insights. The post is based on a paper presented by...

EDA360 Insider - I really wanted to attend a paper titled "Why doesn't my board work?" presented by John Milks, president of Cadence partner Adiva at CDNLive! held recently in Silicon Valley. My EDA roots are...

IPC Blog - Circuit board bookings seem to be on the upsurge, but it still takes a lot of strategic planning to expand market share. Flex circuits are an area where growth can come if companies use tactics...

PCB007 - We hear about counterfeit components all the time these days. How big is the problem? Can you get fooled by fakes? Take the PCB Girls and Geeks 10-Question Pop Quiz to find out!

Business Wire: Hardware - Advanced Circuits, Inc. is proud to announce that they have received qualification to military specification MIL-PRF-31032 which is the U. S. Government's technology-specific standard for high-reliability...

IPC Blog - The following individuals have been nominated and have accepted new positions as chairs, co-chairs or vice-chairs of standards development and management council committees. IPC gives them...

Releases - IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries(r) announced today the February findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board...

Releases - Tin Whiskers, PoP Cleaning, PCB Prototyping and Business Outlook to be Covered

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Electronics.ca - The industry standard that establishes the specific requirements for the design of flexible and rigid -flexible printed boards, IPC-2223, Sectional Design Standard for Flexible Printed...

eeTECHbriefs - EAGLE Software has been in the industry for over 20 years. Schematic and Printed Circuit board designing can be a complex and rather tedious process; with EAGLE we have simplified all of this....

PCB007 - "Growth rates for both rigid PCB and flexible circuit sales in North America are improving," said Sharon Starr, IPC director of market research. "Although year-on-year sales growth rates are...

PCB007 - Germany's overall PCB revenue for 2011 rose by about 4% over the previous year, according to the ZVEI PCB and Electronic Systems.

PCB007 - Driven by the demand for smart phones, tablets, and cloud computing services, Taiwan's PCB industry is expected to outgrow the world this year, according to the TPCA.

PCB007 - "Tin whiskers have grown into a topic that never fails to arouse lively discussions amongst product designers and manufacturing personnel," says David Hillman, principal materials and process...

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Electronic Design - By Patrick Carrier: Simulation of a printed-circuit board design after placement and routing is good, but simulation beforehand is better. Mentor Graphics' Patrick Carrier explains just what...

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PCB007 - New polymers from the widespread composites industry have produced some materials with great potential. Creating and using these new films will solve some of the existing challenges and make...

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - SemiGen, Inc., an RF/Microwave assembly and automated PCB manufacturing house, has announced the opening of their new RF Supply Center and is...

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Electronic Design - Eagle v6 was recently released by CadSoft. This article covers what's new with this popular PCB design software and also some of the drawbacks of the program.

DigiTimes - PCB manufacturer Apex Circuit International held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plant in Thailand on March 14, according to the company, adding that total investment for constructing...

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Business Wire: Hardware - Photo Stencil's VP technology William E. Coleman, Ph.D., received IPC's Presidents Award and the Committee Leadership Award for significant contributions he's made to IPC and the electronics...

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PCB007 - PCB maker Wrekin Circuits has secured asset finance from HSBC to purchase new machinery that will enable it to increase its production capacity, expand its product offering to customers, and...

PCB007 - Most affiliated with the Japanese circuit board industry blame a decrease in business on the two natural disasters that occurred in eastern Japan and Thailand. These disasters did cause a drop...

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Photo Stencil has selected Miles Prim as its VP operations and a key member of the Photo Stencil executive management team.

Business Wire: Hardware - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT), the worldwide market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design-through-manufacturing software, today announced the latest release...

PCB007 - A look at today's North American PCB market through the eyes of Multilayer Techology President Viny Mulani. Though military and medical PCBs are fueling growth, Mulani points out other factors...

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Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Top Chinese Manufacturer Able to Produce PCBs Embedded With Shocking Tech's XStatic(TM) Voltage Switchable Dielectric Material; Opens Up China Market for Breakthrough ESD Protection Technology

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Shipments of rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs and flexible circuits) in January declined 3.5 percent from January 2011, while orders booked increased 6.2 percent, according to the Association...

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Business Wire: Networks - The ODB++ Solutions Alliance has been established today to provide an open forum for implementers and developers of the ODB++ format, an intelligent, single-data structure for transferring...

EE Times - Asia - The ezLOAD PCB Support System claims to improve product build quality and can eliminate damage during assembly.

PCB007 - Will 2012 be the year that U.S. PCB manufacturers get back to basics? With U.S. consumer confidence dropping below 40%, businesses across all product lines are failing at unprecedented rates....

Electronics News - AU - PCB design is getting tougher. So how are Australian designers coping?

DigiTimes - Taiwan's PCB production value is forecast to rise 4.9% to NT$526 billion (US$17.8 billion) in 2012, after nearly flat growth in 2011, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center...