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News Highlights
IPC: October PCB Sales, Orders Up;
Book-to-Bill Dips
"Although both sales and order growth are trending up compared to last year, sales have outpaced
orders in the past three months, causing the bookto-bill ratio to dip," said Sharon Starr, IPC's director of market research. "Year-on-year sales growth
has been improving for the past six consecutive
months and finally turned positive in October."
Viasystems Opens World-class
Factory in California
Designed to consolidate the sprawl of 13 buildings that used to represent DDi's PCB business, the
new factory is housed in an ex-MFLEX site and was
constructed from scratch. This enables the company to service its very high-end customers, both
military and commercial OEMs, who are looking
for the latest in HDI, high-reliability PCBs for their
products.
PCBs for LED Lighting: The Times
They Are a-Changing
BPA forecast that the market for PCBs providing
enhanced thermal and power management will
reach over $3.2 billion by 2020. BPA discusses
some of the research in their report "Metal in the
Board—Opportunities for Printed Circuits Providing Thermal and Power Management 20122020."
Wurth Elektronik: HDI Microvia PCBs
Now Available
The HDI specialist Würth Elektronik has set new
standards in the PCB industry: HDI microvia PCBs
are now available in its online shop, WEdirekt. With
just a few clicks, your HDI PCB is calculated and the
price is shown immediately online. Ordering prototypes is considerably simplified and faster.
Canadian Circuits Acquires Oxford
CMI 900 Unit
Praveen Arya, president and owner of Canadian
Circuits Inc., announces that his company has acquired a new Oxford CMI 900 X-ray fluorescence
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coating thickness measurement system as part of
the company's complete equipment upgrade.
PCB Solutions Offers Expanded
Stocking Program
Effective in December 2013, PCB Solutions is
pleased to announce offering enhancements to
their stocking program. PCB Solutions is now offering a complete stocking program that enables customers to take advantage of volume pricing, but
assists them with cash flow and inventory relief.
SOMACIS Receives Innovation Award
from JDSU
At the 2013 JDSU Global Supplier Day SOMACIS received the "Excellence in Value Innovation"
Award. This recognition confirms SOMACIS' focus
in delivering innovative solutions through hightech PCBs combined with co-design services.
Cicor Realigns from Four Divisions
to Two
Cicor, an international high-tech industrial group
and leader in the fields of PCBs, microelectronics,
and electronic solutions, headquartered in Boudry,
Switzerland, is optimizing its existing organizational structure to better align with customers' future needs.
Integral's Zeta Certification Awarded
to Eagle Circuits
Integral Technology Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of HDI electronic materials for the PCB
industry, has announced that Eagle Circuits of Dallas, Texas, has received the prestigious Zeta® Certification allowing them to produce circuit boards
using Integral's revolutionary dielectric films.
AT&S: EmPower Consortium Aims to
Optimize Energy Use
Targets include the improvement of processes
for semiconductor manufacturing, development
of new concepts for component packaging, and
design of products for optimum management of
energy.
