84 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2019
ITEQ's Tarun Amla Discusses 5G
Inflection Points E
ITEQ Corporation Executive VP and CTO Tarun
Amla discusses effects of 5G on materials and
shares general observations on the 5G rollout
at DesignCon. He also talks about the challeng-
es for their customers, and how they help them
address their issues.
Ventec Focuses on High-mix
Manufacturing E
The I-Connect007 team recently toured Ven-
tec International Group's Suzhou factory
where a modern, flexible manufacturing con-
cept designed for fast delivery is enhancing
their established volume manufacturing of
specialty, high-reliability epoxy laminates
and prepregs. Read on to learn more about
Ventec's ongoing investment in the facility to
offer flexible, world-class, high-mix manu
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facturing capabilities for polyimide, thermal
management, low-loss, and signal integrity
material solutions.
Flexible Thinking: A Few Simple Lessons
in Designing Reliable 3D Flex E
We all have a tendency to stick close to the fa-
miliar and use the tools we know to create so-
lutions to problems confronting us; we're on-
ly human. Unfortunately, using only familiar
tools limits our ability to come up with optimal
or even superior solutions. This column will
help you avoid some of the traps conventional
wisdom doesn't always give guidance on.
Alun Morgan on Thermal Management
and LEDs in Automotive E
Guest Editor Judy Warner met with Alun Mor-
gan, technology ambassador for Ventec Inter-
national Group, to discuss topics addressed
at the Automotive Executive Forum that took
place at IPC APEX EXPO 2019. Morgan de-
scribes his presentation and findings centered
around thermal management in automotive,
specifically LEDs, as well as the unique set of
growing thermal management challenges Tier
1 suppliers are now facing in the automotive
sector.
Insulectro Promotes Megan Teta to
Design Services Product Manager E
Insulectro, the largest distributor of materials
for use in PCBs and printed electronics, has
promoted Megan Teta to product manager for
design services.
ACB Invests in New Lamination
Lines Technology E
Automatic Lamination Technologies (ALT) un-
der brand name Dynachem are pleased to an-
nounce that ACB NV (Belgium) has installed
successfully two state-of-the-art dry film lami-
nation lines for inner and outer layers.
FCCL Firms Eye Orders from China
Handset Vendors for Growth E
Taiwan-based FPCB materials suppliers Asia
Electronic Materials (AEM) and Taiflex Scien-
tific expect more orders from Chinese smart-
phone clients to drive their revenue growth in
the remaining quarters of the year after experi-
encing lackluster revenue performances in the
first quarter of 2019.
TTM Invests in Two Nano Dimension
Additive Manufacturing Systems E
TTM Technologies has expanded its relation-
ship with Nano Dimension by purchasing two
additional DragonFly Pro systems to comple-
ment the existing single unit at the facility.
