54 PCB007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2021
The Plating Forum: An Overview of
Surface Finishes E
Surface finishes' research and development
departments on the supplier side have been
very busy coming up with new finishes to meet
the everchanging demands of the electronics
industry. Today, designers have wide variety of
finishes to choose from.
Nano Dimension Teams with Fraunhofer
Institute to Develop Next-gen 3D
Printing Systems E
Nano Dimension Ltd. announced a collabo-
ration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Man-
ufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
(Fraunhofer IPA).
Matrix Announces Expanded Inventory
for Flex Materials E
Matrix Electronics, a North American quick-
turn supplier for raw materials to the printed
circuit market, announced that they have com-
pleted an expansion of their inventory of flex
circuit materials to support the growing flex
and rigid‐flex circuit business.
Ucamco Releases Updates for UcamX
and Integr8tor E
Ucamco is proud to release UcamX and Inte-
gr8tor v2021.04. Both are major updates for your
soware suite and for the PCB sector at large.
IEC Partners atg and Eternal Technology
Receive Award from TTM Technologies E
IEC is proud to congratulate two of their sup-
ply partners, atg Luther & Maelzer and Eter-
nal Technology, for winning a Global Supplier
Award this year from TTM Technologies.
Insulectro Hires Supply/Demand
Expert Montserrat Barcelo as
Director of Supply Chain E
Insulectro, a distributor of materials for use
in manufacture of printed circuit boards and
printed electronics, has hired industry veteran
Montserrat Barcelo as director of supply chain,
replacing Jason Shuppert, who was recently
promoted to vice president of operations.
Testing Todd: Design for Manufacturing?
Don't Forget Test! E
Design for manufacture (DFM) is a great disci-
pline for creating designs that provide optimum
performance while still maintaining affordability.
However, what can be, and does get overlooked
is the DFT (Design for Test) variable. As greater
manufacturing demands are put to the manu-
facturer it also creates challenges to validate the
electrical deliverables that may be required.
Additive Reality: Solder Mask
Patterning at the Edge Between
Drops and Bricks E
e digital form of the inkjet printing tech-
nology goes through files containing a raster-
ized image; these bitmaps, in their simplest
form, contain information about presence (or
absence) of drops. Additionally, the resolution
brings in the drops pitch.
Nan Ya PCB Reports 30% YoY Revenue
Growth for August E
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. has posted
unaudited sales of NT$4.7 billion ($170.36 mil-
lion at $1=NT$27.73) in August 2021, down by
3.2% from the previous month, but up by 30%
year-on-year.
