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Infineon Acquires 9.4% Stake
in Schweizer Electronic
By investing into schweizer, infineon emphasizes
its intention to jointly develop technologies for the
integration of power semiconductors into PCBs
and to tap the chip embedding market for high-
power automotive and industrial applications.
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Cicor Wins DeviceMed
Award
The Devicemed awards were presented at the
Compamed in Düsseldorf, the leading interna-
tional trade fair for medical technology industry
suppliers. Cicor came out on top in the outsourc-
ing Partner category.
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South Korean FPCB Firms
See Sharp Fall in Sales
in 2014, price decline continued to deteriorate,
which led to a sharp fall in revenue of south Kore-
an vendors. The implications of high-speed capac-
ity expansion are high fixed costs, which would
thus result in a plunge in profit margin.
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Saturn Electronics Now uL
Certified for Aismalibar IMS
The certification allows saturn to ul stamp their
products using the entire line of Cobritherm mate-
rials which includes alCuP-g 1.3w, alCuP 1.8w,
HTC 2.2w, and HTC 3.2w. The company can now
offer a high-quality european alternative the small
group of ims materials currently available in the
north american market.
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Candor Invests in Equipment
from atg, Olec, Pluritec
Canadian high-technology PCB manufacturer Can-
dor industries announces it has improved overall
production, speed, and capability through recent
capital investments from atg, olec, and Pluritec.
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Aspocomp to Cease
Operations at Teuva Plant
it was decided that a total of 34 personnel, con-
sisting of 28 non-salaried and six salaried employ-
ees, will be made redundant and production at
the Teuva plant will be closed down.
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