54 PCB007 MAGAZINE I SEPTEMBER 2022
IPC Offers First Advanced Packaging
Symposium E
Registration is now open for the first IPC
Advanced Packaging Symposium: Building
the IC-Substrate and Package Assembly Eco-
system, to be held October 11-12, 2022, at the
Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C.
Ventec Expands Flex-rigid Material
Range for Critical Military, Aerospace,
and Ultra-high Reliability Applications E
Ventec International Group Co., Ltd. has added
to its flex-rigid No Flow/Low Flow prepreg
range with the introduction of tec-speed 4.0
(VT-462(L) PP NF/LF), a next-generation no
& low flow FR 4.0 prepreg material that offers
high-Tg, low Dk, low loss, and excellent ther-
mal reliability.
Michigan Tech's Middlebrook Receives
Department of Defense Award E
e Department of Defense honored Michigan
Technological University Professor Dr. Chris-
topher Middlebrook with an award for his
innovative efforts to close education gaps and
help build tomorrow's electronics manufactur-
ing workforce.
L3Harris, Air Tractor Sky Warden
Team Selected for USSOCOM Armed
Overwatch Contract E
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSO-
COM) has selected L3Harris Technologies and
Air Tractor Inc.'s AT-802U Sky Warden sys-
tem for its Armed Overwatch program. Award
of the Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery
contract includes a cost ceiling of $3 billion.
Cicor Awarded with a Major Multi-year
Aerospace and Defence Business E
Cicor Group has been awarded with a major
multi-year follow-up business for a total value
of around CHF 30 million by a market-leading
European manufacturer of specialized aircra
solutions.
MicroFab Acquired by Naprotek,
a Portfolio Company of Edgewater
Capital Partners E
Naprotek, LLC., a leading provider of high-
reliability, quick-turn electronics manufactur-
ing, has completed the acquisition of Micro-
Fab, Inc., a privately held company in Man-
chester, New Hampshire. e business and
entire MicroFab team will be integrated into
the East Coast operations at SemiGen, a
Naprotek Company.
FTG Awarded Multiple Simulator
Products Purchase Orders E
Firan Technology Group Corporation has
been awarded a total of $7.5M in new purchase
orders from its two largest simulator custom-
ers. FTG will supply multiple complete sets of
cockpit assemblies for military and commercial
simulators for different aircra including refu-
eling fixed wing aircra, helicopters, and jets.
NASA Space Robotics Dive into
Deep-Sea Work E
What's the difference between deep space
and the deep sea? For a robot, the answer is:
not much. Both environments are harsh and
demanding, and, more importantly, both are
far removed from the machine's operator.
