32 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2022
Review: Institute of Circuit Technology
2022 Annual Symposium E
e British Motor Museum in Warwick-
shire, housing the world's largest collection
of historic British cars, was venue for the 2022
Annual Symposium of the Institute of Circuit
Technology, which attracted a substantial
gathering of manufacturers and suppliers from
the UK printed circuit industry.
Happy's Tech Talk #8:
Copper Etchant Regeneration E
Copper has become a valuable metal, and
with the growth of EV has come higher cur-
rents needed with increasing weight of copper
in PCBs. is creates the need for increased
copper etching and consumption of copper
etchants.
FTG Circuits Fredericksburg Requalifies
for IPC-1791 QML E
Fi r a n Te c h n o l o g y G r o u p C o r p o r a t i o n
announced that IPC's Validation Ser vices
Program has awarded requalification for IPC-
1791, Trusted Electronics Fabricator Require-
ments Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML)
to FTG Circuits Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The Chemical Connection: How Industry
4.0 Shapes PCB Wet Processes E
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to
attend IPC EXPO 2022 where I was able to net-
work with many great people in our industry.
Although that might have been my main take-
away, there was another trend that I couldn't
ignore: the fourth generation of the industrial
revolution is alive and well in the industry.
Atotech Sells 1,000th Horizontal
Electrolytic Copper Plater E
Atotech, a market leader in advanced elec-
troplating solutions, announced the sale of its
1,000th horizontal equipment for electrolytic
copper plating.
IPC Establishes European
Subsidiary E
To better support our European members'
interests, IPC announces the formation of IPC
Electronics Europe GmbH. e subsidiary was
officially registered with the German govern-
ment on May 4, 2022. e new entity's main
office is located in central Munich.
Mike Carano Joins the Averatek Team
as Vice President of Quality E
Averatek is pleased to announce that Michael
V. Carano has joined our corporate leader-
ship team as vice president of quality. Mike
brings 40 years of electronics industry experi-
ence, with special expertise in manufacturing,
chemicals, metals, semiconductors, medical
devices, and printing.
Calumet Students Take First
Place in 'Michigan Girls Future
Flight Challenge' E
Two Upper Peninsula girls recently took the
Michigan aerospace industry by storm! CLK
Washington Middle School students Jor-
dan Hicks and Kristen Ylitalo outperformed
more than 20 teams throughout the state in
the "Michigan Girls Future Flight Challenge,"
hosted by the Women of Aerospace Industry
Association of Michigan.
