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Camtek Sees $85.4 Million in Revenue
revenues for the fourth quarter of 2013 were $23.3
million, a 7% increase from prior quarter revenues
of $21.7 million and a 32% increase from fourth
quarter 2012 revenues of $17.6 million. the in-
crease is mainly related to a more favorable envi-
ronment in the semiconductor market.
Isola Debuts Ultra-low Loss Materials
tachyon laminates and prepregs are engineered
to improve performance of high-speed digital
designs by producing a very low dielectric con-
stant and insertion loss. the product is specifi-
cally targeted for high-layer count backplanes for
the growing 100 gigabit per second (gbps) mar-
ket with channel data rates in excess of 25 gbps.
Invotec Wins Formal ESA Approval
the company is delighted to announce it has been
formally awarded esa approval—the first pcB sup-
plier to achieve such approval in many years. in-
votec already has a rich space heritage, manufac-
turing hdi and hdi flex-rigid boards for a variety
of esa and non-esa space programmes to oem
specifications which, in many cases, go beyond
current esa approvals.
Excellon Installs COBRA System at
Advanced Circuits
excellon announces the installation of a coBra
hybrid laser Via system at advanced circuits,
inc. the excellon coBra hybrid laser system of-
fers both uV and ir laser sources on one platform
and a large work area of 31" x 25" for those com-
panies running larger panel prototypes and pro-
duction pcBs.
Rogers Intros COOLSPAN Adhesive Film
rogers corporation advanced circuit materi-
als division launched coolspan thermally &
electrically conductive adhesive (teca) Film, a
thermosetting, epoxy-based, silver-filled adhe-
sive film used to bond circuit boards to heavy
metal backplanes, heat sink coins, and rF mod-
ule housings.
Atotech Launches Green Electroless
Copper Solution
with atotech's new ecoganth series, pcB and ic-
substrate manufacturers are enabled to meet fu-
ture technical, ecological, and legal requirements.
Agfa Reveals New Dealer Structure
for N.A. PCB Market
agfa's specialty products' management has re-
vealed its new dealer structure for the north
american pcB market. under the new structure,
agfa's customers will be served by three dealers:
matrix electronics limited (santa ana, california/
mississauga, canada), allen woods & associates
(arlington heights, illinois), and east coast elec-
tronic material supply llc (manchester, new
hampshire).
Enigma Interconnect Installs
Acu-Gage Measuring System
acu-gage systems has announced that enigma in-
terconnect has installed an automated 24" x 24"
acu-gage system at its corporate manufacturing
operation in Burnaby, Bc. the acu-gage is con-
figured with automated edge detection, full 3-axis
motion control, programmable illumination, auto
focus, programmable zoom, and windows-based
programming software.
Sunshine Employs Frontline's InPlan
Engineering System
orbotech pacific ltd., the asia pacific subsidiary of
orbotech ltd. has announced that shenzhen sun-
shine circuits technology co., ltd., a leading pcB
producer in shenzhen, china, has fully applied the
inplan engineering system developed by Frontline
pcB solutions.
Arlon Materials: Expanded Partnership
with CCI-Eurolam
arlon has expanded its long-term partnership with
cci-eurolam to include distribution of arlon's ex-
tensive microwave product line in France. cci has
been a distributor for arlon's electronic substrates
products for more than 25 years.
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