78 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2022
Rogers' Shareholders Approve
Acquisition by DuPont E
Rogers Corporation announced that, at
a special shareholder meeting, its share-
holders voted to approve the previously
announced acquisition of Rogers by DuPont
de Nemours, Inc.
Real Time with… IPC APEX EXPO 2022:
Rigid-Flex Specialists E
As flexible circuit specialists growing their
worldwide business, Flexible Circuit Tech-
nologies is planning to expand its workforce.
Chris Clark, senior applications engineer, dis-
cusses the company's 25% growth in the last
year, as well as its new plant in Zhuhai, China,
which will focus on rigid-flex circuitry. Chris
just joined the company in the past year, but
he has spent 31 years in the industry wearing
whatever hat was required, and he lays out
the company's plans for the next year.
Insulectro Printed Electronics Distributes
Flexcon Products E
Insulectro, distributor of materials for use in
manufacture of printed circuit boards and
printed electronics, announced it will dis-
tribute FLEXcon® SWITCHmark® high-per-
formance spacer components and laminating
adhesives.
Compeq 2021 Sales Up 4% YoY E
Taiwan-based Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd
has reported unaudited sales of NT$6.9 billion
($248.85 million at $1:NT$27.76) for Decem-
ber, up by 23.5% from December of last year,
and by 1.2% from the previous month.
ICAPE Group Acquires CEBISA France E
ICAPE Group and CEBISA France, a printed
circuit board supplier based in Lisses (91),
have signed an agreement to acquire 100% of
CEBISA's activities by e French subsidiary
of ICAPE Group. e transaction will be effec-
tive at the end of February.
Eltek Receives $1.4 Million Letter of
Intent From Existing Defense Customer E
Eltek Ltd., a global manufacturer and supplier
of technologically advanced solutions in the
field of printed circuit boards, announced that
the company has received a letter of intent for
a purchase order in the amount of $1.4 million
from an existing customer in the defense sector.
Real Time with… IPC APEX EXPO 2022:
High-Tech Rigid-Flex Boards and More E
Jeff De Serrano, president of PCB Technologies
for North America, and Editor Andy Shaugh-
nessy discuss Jeff 's current quest to acquire a
PCB fabrication facility. Just six months into
his new position at PCB Technologies, Jeff
explains his plans for the next few years, includ-
ing the company's focus on rigid-flex boards
and their plans to invest heavily into high-tech
substrates and microelectronics assembly.
Taiflex 2021 Revenue Up 7% YoY E
Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific Co. Ltd, a man-
ufacturer of flexible printed circuit materials
such as flexible copper clad laminates (CCLs)
and coverlays, has announced consolidated
revenue of NT$801 million ($28.7 million at
$1:27.87) in January 2022, up by 6.7% year-on-
year (YoY ), but almost flat from the previous
month.
