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the development and adoption of FHE while
addressing key challenges in advanced manu-
facturing while supporting Department of
Defense priorities.
Flexible Hybrid Electronics Design:
Reducing Time to Market E
Emerging innovations in the flexible hybrid
electronics (FHE) domain are enabling new
applications across multiple industries due to
their highly flexible structures and additive
manufacturing processes. e smaller form
factor, lighter weight, and conformal capabili-
ties are ideal for IoT edge devices in health and
fitness monitoring, military asset identification
and tracking, automotive displays and sensors,
aerospace radar, and so robotics. Significant
industry research led by NextFlex is optimiz-
ing the processes from design through manu-
facture for FHE products.
Compeq February Revenue Soars 32% E
Taiwan-based Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd
has reported unaudited net sales of NT$5.06
billion ($178.5 million at $1:NT$28.35) for
February 2022, up by 31.7% year-on-year,
but down by 20.9% from the previous month
( January: NT$6.39 billion).
Taiflex Posts Lower February Sales E
Taiflex Scientific Co. Ltd, a Taiwan-based
manufacturer of flexible printed circuit mate-
rials such as flexible copper clad laminates
(CCLs) and coverlays, has announced consoli-
dated revenue of NT$567 million ($20 million
at $1:NT$28.35) for February, down by 29%
from the previous month and lower by 16.6%
year-on-year (YoY ).
Flexible Thinking: Flexible Circuits or
Flexible Electronics? E
e term "flexible circuit" has been ensconced
and accepted in electronic interconnection
technology lexicon for several decades. In
broad brush strokes, the term has embraced
every type of printed circuit produced on flex-
ible base materials, regardless of the nature of
the conductors used; metals, such as copper;
or conductive inks, such as silver or other con-
ductive particle filled polymers. e latter type
of truly printed circuits, have, for many years,
been referred to as "polymer thick film" circuits.
Compeq Reports 27% Jump in
January Sales E
Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd, a Taiwan-
based manufacturer of HDI, rigid-flex PCBs,
and flex PCBs, has reported unaudited net
sales of NT$6.398 billion ($229.52 million at
$1:NT$27.88) for January 2022, up by 27%
year-on-year, but down by 7.4% from the pre-
vious month (December: NT$6.9 billion).
CIMS Launches Capricorn,
Next Generation AVI Solution E
CIMS is launching its next generation AVI
solution for IC Substrates based on a brand-
new platform: Capricorn.
NextFlex Launches $11.5 Million
Funding Round for Flexible Hybrid
Electronics Innovations E
NextFlex, America's Flexible Hybrid Electron-
ics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, released
Project Call 7.0 (PC 7.0), the latest call for pro-
posals that seek to fund projects that further
