MAY 2021 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 99
EIPC Technical Snapshot: Supply Chain
and Material Price Pressures E
EIPC's seventh Technical Snapshot webinar
on April 14 was timely and appropriate. In the
context of current supply chain issues and ma-
terial price pressures facing the PCB industry,
particularly in Europe, the EIPC team brought
together an outstanding group of experts—
each a leading authority in his field—to analyse
and comment upon the areas of concern and to
respond to questions raised by a capacity audi-
ence. As Alun Morgan said, "If you don't use
the European supply chain, you won't have it
anymore!"
ICAPE Group Boosts PCB Quotation
Process with Ucamco's Integr8tor E
Global PCB supplier ICAPE Group, headquar-
tered in France, realized that its PCB quotation
process represented a bottleneck for its future
growth and business targets, and that this part
of its service had to be automated, made more
professional, and offer faster turnarounds.
LPKF: Calculating the Savings Potential
for Depaneling E
With the Panel Layout Optimization Tool
(PLOT), LPKF offers a tool for calculating the
materials savings that can be achieved with la-
ser cutting.
APCT Increases Technology with Rigid
Flex Optical Registration from DIS E
APCT Inc has added Rigid Flex Optical Reg-
istration™ (RFS), developed by DIS Inc of Is-
landia, N.Y., to enhance their PCB registration
capabilities. e RFS machine is built specifi-
cally to process difficult flex, rigid and rigid-
flex jobs. Using DIS, Inc proprietary Optical
Registration™ technology in conjunction with
SmartWeld, the RFS has the ability to align in-
ner-layers and pre-preg without the use of ex-
pensive pin-tooling.
Agfa Announces Price Increase for
PCB Phototooling Films E
Agfa announces worldwide price increases on
all IdeaLINE phototooling films used for the
production of printed circuit boards and metal
structuring applications.
New Desmear Line from TSK Schill GmbH
in Operation at Hofstetter PCB AG E
TSK supplies its long-standing and highly val-
ued customer with a new horizontal chemical
wet process machine.
Insulectro Promotes Industry Veteran
Michelle Walsh to Vice President of
Product Management E
Insulectro, the largest distributor of materi-
als for use in manufacture of printed circuit
board and printed electronics, has promoted
Michelle Walsh to Vice President of Product
Management.
VARIOPRINT Converts to Peters
Solder Resist E
In the course of a quality campaign, VARIO-
PRINT AG relies on the ELPEPCB® Elpe-
mer® AS 2467 solder resist system. e Swiss
company will use this solder resist in the future
for a large part of their printed circuit board
types.
