62 The PCB Magazine • January 2015
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TTM, viasystems Receive
Second Request from FTC
TTm Technologies, inc. and Viasystems group
inc. announced they have each received a sec-
ond request from the united states Federal
Trade Commission for additional information
associated with TTm's proposed acquisition of
Viasystems.
2
Dragon Circuits Battles
Industrial "Planned
Obsolescence"
The company is announcing an ongoing effort
to combat planned obsolescence. Vice President
rajan Babaria says, "i recently discovered com-
plaints about an asian-made cable (for a gim-
bal) that was designed to break easily, ensuring
customers would have to repurchase after a just
a few uses. our team discussed it and had it re-
designed and built with better, more durable
material."
3
All Flex Invests in
Capital Equipment
all Flex has improved its component inspection
capability with the purchase of an inline cleaner
and an automated optical inspection (aoi) system
to handle flexible circuits with high volume com-
ponents. The aoi has the latest optics technology
that rapidly scans for placement accuracy and the
inline cleaner has an advanced system that helps
deliver defect free parts.
4
N.A. PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio
Recovers in October
"unusually strong growth in north american PCB
orders in october is good news for an industry
that has experienced declining sales for more than
three years," said sharon starr, iPC's director of
market research. "The impact can be seen in the
book-to-bill ratio, which made a strong comeback
this month, indicating that sales may begin to re-
bound by the end of the year."
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