Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture articles from January 2005

Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture archives from January 2005

Lots of work ahead.(Our Line)
January 1, 2005... You can bet that this will be a busy year for the PCB industry. Whether it's good or bad will depend on how you and your company deal with change. Are you proactive? If not, can you at least react quickly, roll with the punches without...

Joint venture to supply gas in Beijing zone.(It's A Gas, Gas, Gas)
January 1, 2005... LEHIGH VALLEY, PA -- Air Products and Air Liquide have signed a long-term contract with LCD maker Beijing DOE Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. to supply bulk gases to its manufacturing facility in the Beijing Economic Technological...

Insulectro opens Chicago facility.(Sweet Home Chicago)
January 1, 2005... WOOD DALE, IL -- Materials distributor Insulectro has just completed start-up of a distribution center. The facility will support Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio with complete fabrication capabilities, cold room storage,...

Cadence brings in more Intel execs.(In With The New)
January 1, 2005... SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems Inc. has added three former Intel executives to its management team: Jim Miller, Ajay Malhotra and Craig Johnson. They join CEO Michael Fister, another Intel alumnus who took the reins of Cadence last summer....

EMA takes 1st place in Rochester Top 100.(OH, Rochester)
January 1, 2005... ROCHESTER, NY -- EMA Design Automation came out on top in the Rochester Top 100 ranking of privately held area companies. This marks EMA's first appearance in the Top 100, a program sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG LLC. ...

Isola Q3 sales up 19% YOY.(Desert Blooms)
January 1, 2005... CHANDLER, AZ -- Isola Group reported that sales for the third quarter of 2004 were up 19 % over the same period in 2003. The company projected sales of its high-performance laminate products to grow at a 50% annual rate over the next two years....

Events.(Happenings)(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... January 6-9 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Las Vegas, NV Contact: www.CESweb.org 19-21 Printed Wiring Board Expo Tokyo, Japan Contact: www.pwb.jp/english 22-27 Optoelectronics 2005:...

Norcross.(Faces)
January 1, 2005... Joseph D'Andrea joined Norcross, GA-based Printed Circuits Corp. as sales manager. He came to PCC from T-Tech Inc., where he spent 11 years in sales and marketing. Previously, D'Andrea worked at AMP Inc., T/B Cablescan, Augat ESP, Wire Graphics...

Prestwick Circuits.(Faces)
January 1, 2005... Prestwick Circuits has appointed Alan Forrest, Gary Bradbury and Nicholas Rutherford (pictured, left, second from right, and right) to its engineering team. As new product development engineer, Forrest will drive the company's initiative for...

Park Electrochemical Corp.(Faces)
January 1, 2005... Park Electrochemical Corp. appointed Wilson Zhiyu Xia as director of technology, Asia Pacific region. Xia will be responsible for all aspects of the company's current and future technology platform in the Asia Pacific Region. He holds a Ph.D....

Thick film substrate manufacturer International Manufacturing Services Inc. has appointed The Johnson Co. as its representative in North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and lower Wisconsin.(It's A Deal)
January 1, 2005... Thick film substrate manufacturer International Manufacturing Services Inc. has appointed The Johnson Co. as its representative in North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and lower Wisconsin. The Johnson Co. is a professional manufacturer's...

Oak-Mitsui.(It's A Deal)
January 1, 2005... Oak-Mitsui will open a copper foil R&D facility in part of its Hoosick Falls, N.Y. plant that was shuttered in 2001. The facility is currently being refurbished and modified, and completion is slated for April 2005. The center will be managed...

DEK has signed an exclusive OEM partner agreement with European electroform stencil manufacturer Stork Veco.(It's A Deal)
January 1, 2005... DEK has signed an exclusive OEM partner agreement with European electroform stencil manufacturer Stork Veco. The companies have joined forces to develop electroformed stencils for the SMT industry and the semiconductor market. Electroformed...

Parker Hannifin has acquired Advanced Products Co., a privately held manufacturer of metallic and polymer spring energized seals, in a cash-for-stock transaction.(It's A Deal)
January 1, 2005... Parker Hannifin has acquired Advanced Products Co., a privately held manufacturer of metallic and polymer spring energized seals, in a cash-for-stock transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Advanced Products will be integrated with...

Selling to board shops redux: sell them what they need, not what you want them to buy.(Power Selling)
January 1, 2005... IN PART II of my series on selling to board shops, we'll discuss ways to make yourself valuable to your customers. Understand your customers' needs. What exactly do the customers need, and can you provide it to them? Probably the most...

Of tunnels and PCBs: why pride in workmanship is more than just a fuzzy notion.(ROI)
January 1, 2005... WHAT DO A series of tunnels have in common with the printed circuit board industry? I didn't think they had anything in common until recently. For those of us who live in the Boston area, there has been a huge brouhaha lately regarding a...

The environmental mandate: in the first of an exclusive NEMI series, we look at the looming deadlines and what they mean.(Countdown To Lead-Free)
January 1, 2005... ALTHOUGH NOT YET in effect, the European Union's Rolls (Restriction on Use of Certain Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directives are already having a dramatic impact. These two directives govern...

The maturing PCB industry: some things improve with age. The PCB industry should be one such entity.(Data Sheet)
January 1, 2005... THE PRINTED WIRING industry continues its climb from the depressed lows of 2001 and 2002. This is a good time to acknowledge the industry's advancements over the past several years and to carefully consider the dramatic challenges still...

Working successfully with your service providers: organization--your own--is the name of the game, when dealing with design, fabrication and assembly service providers.(Outsourcing)
January 1, 2005... As the downsizing trend continues, the drive to use outside resources is also increasing, and many internal design departments are shrinking--in some cases, disappearing altogether. At some point in time, most electronics companies will have...

Plating high aspect ratio PCBs: achieving proper copper deposition in holes on thicker boards is no easy task, even with reverse pulse plating. Understanding the ins and outs of electrolyte agitation is critical.(Copper Plating)
January 1, 2005... Achieving quality electrolytic copper metallization during the production of high aspect ratio PCBs, such as back panels, isn't easy. These panels can be from 3 mm to 10 mm thick, with typical aspect ratios of 10:1, and the current trend is for...

Suppliers.(2005 Buyers' Guide)
January 1, 2005... # 3M 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144 tel: 651 733-6577, fax: 651 736-1587 www.3m.com/phototool 4th Dimension PCB Inc. 12311 NW 30th St. Sunrise, FL 33323 tel: 954 240-3600 www.4thdpcb.com A Abba...

Products.(2005 Buyer's Guide)
January 1, 2005... Air Driers Allied Product BB Services Inc. Genesys Industries Multiline Technology Inc. Mylydia Inc. TechMarCon Inc. Air Exhaust Systems TechMarCon Inc. Air Knives Spraying Systems Co. ...

Services.(2005 Buyer's Guide)
January 1, 2005... Services--Assembly Circuit Design Specialties Inc. Design Solutions Inc. Flex Interconnect Technologies FlexOne Technologies Inc. Isis Surface Mounting Jardon Engineering Inc. KinTech Manufacturing Inc. ...

Quieting down a noisy problem: the ability to predict near- and far-end crosstalk per a given line spacing can make your design a success.(No Myths Allowed)
January 1, 2005... CROSSTALK IS THE second biggest source of noise in circuit boards, packages and connectors. It arises only from capacitive and inductive coupling, which we usually model with mutual capacitance and mutual inductance. When the return path...