72 The PCB Magazine • June 2017
Innovating in the Technology of
Stretchable PCBs
Express Circuits, a long-established PCB fabricator
in Coleshill, near Birmingham in the Midlands of
England, with the benefit of associate companies
focused on design and assembly, is recognised for
its exemplary customer service and technical sup-
port and innovative manufacturing solutions.
American Standard Circuits
Completes Asset Acquisition
of Camtech Technologies
The acquisition brings increased offshore capabil-
ities to American Standard Circuits and demon-
strates American Standard's continued commit-
ment to helping clients with their most pressing
business challenges, from prototype to high-vol-
ume production.
If It's My Data, I Can Do What
I Want, Right?
In the light of the new IoT philosophies that are
rapidly becoming the expectation, the problem of
flexibility versus risk is resolved on the lower lev-
el, as IoT establishes the transfer and availability of
data everywhere without the need for "hacking"
into internal system database structures.
Global Smart Manufacturing Market:
Players Need to Explore New Markets
The global market for smart manufacturing is char-
acterized by the presence of numerous compa-
nies, making the landscape fragmented and high-
ly competitive. The competition is being dictated
by the demand for huge investments in infrastruc-
ture and development of technologies.
Blackfox Program Trains Vets for
Manufacturing Jobs
It's harder than ever for managers in the PCB man-
ufacturing industry to find qualified staff, with
some reporting that positions are remaining open
for months at a time. On the other hand, there are
thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines
transitioning out of the service each year and seek-
ing good jobs.
Europe Ramps up Defense Spending as
Budgets Rise on Heightened Threats
Defense budgets across Europe will grow by 1.6%
on average annually for the next five years, to
reach $245 billion in total by 2021, according to
new analysis released today by IHS Markit.
Mentor FloTHERM XT Release Simulates
Complex Geometries Quickly, Accurately
Mentor, a Siemens business, has launched the
newest release of the FloTHERM® XT electronics
cooling software product with advanced thermal
management capabilities. The award-winning Flo-
THERM XT product is the industry's first integrated
mechanical design automation (MDA) and elec-
tronic design automation (EDA) electronics cool-
ing solution.
Bruce Mahler Discusses Ohmega's
Resistive Material Technology
Bruce Mahler, vice president of Ohmega Tech-
nologies, sat down for an interview at DesignCon
2017. He discussed the company's latest embed-
ded resistive materials, as well as some of the driv-
ers and challenges in that segment of the materi-
als industry.
Executive Agent for PCB and Electronic
Interconnect Technology PrCB Trust
Accreditation
The DoD mandate for trust in the PrCB supply
chain is mirrored in DoDI 5200.44, which states:
"Employ protections that manage risk in the sup-
ply chain for components or subcomponent prod-
ucts and services (e.g., integrated circuits, FPGAs,
PrCBs) when they are identifiable (to the supplier)
as having a DoD end-use."
Developments in the Defense and
Protection Markets
Markets and Markets reports the active protection
system market is projected to grow from $2.84 bil-
lion in 2016 to $4.15 billion by 2022, at a CAGR
of 6.50% during the forecast period. Several influ-
encing factors are expected to drive this market
during the forecast period.
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