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Atotech's Uwe Hauf's View of the Global
Electronics Manufacturing Market
Uwe Hauf, VP of electronics for Atotech, and I-Con-
nect007 Publisher Barry Matties sat down at CPCA
2015 for an illuminating discussion of the global
market—what's
happening now, what is going to
happen tomorrow, and a few things that won't
happen for at least 10 years, according to Hauf.
Isola Launches Low-loss Laminate for
100 GB Ethernet Apps
I-Connect007 Technical Editor Pete Starkey and
Isola's Fred Hickman, senior director of high-speed
digital products, spent time at IPC APEX EXPO
2015 talking about Isola's recent launch of a low-
loss, low-skew laminate prepreg. Hickman explains
that the new material, Chronon, will be one of the
enablers of 100GB Ethernet applications.
Hitachi Chemical America Hosted
HDP's Member Meeting
Hitachi Chemical America hosted HDP User Group
International Inc.'s first 2015 member meeting at
its Plumwood House Research Center, located on
the campus of the University of California, Irvine.
Benefits of Soldering with
Vacuum Profiles
Requirements for void-free solder joints are con-
tinuously increasing in the field of electronics
manufacturing, bringing new challenges that are
evolving on a daily basis due to the relentless in-
troduction of new variants of so-called bottom-
terminated components (BTCs). Connector geom-
etries alone are not decisive—numerous pitfalls are
of greater significance.
Candor Industries Becomes Approved
Vendor for Microsoft
Candor Industries, an advanced technology cir-
cuit board fabricator based in Toronto, Ontario
announces their acceptance to the Microsoft Pre-
ferred Supplier Program.
Mass Design Acquires Electropac
"Like Mass Design, Electropac has served com-
mercial, medical, military and aerospace industries
with custom design and manufacturing as well as
large-volume production. The company's key peo-
ple, expertise, product mix and markets mesh per-
fectly with our corporate environment," said Tony
Bourassa, president of Mass Design, in making the
announcement.
Amitron Earns UL Certification for
Aismalibar IMS Materials
Amitron Corporation has received their UL listing
for Aismalibar's full range of insulated metal sub-
strate materials. The certification allows Amitron
to UL stamp their products using the entire line
of Aismalibar materials which includes ALCUP-G
1.3w, ALCUP 1.8w, HTC 2.2w, HTC 3.2w, HTC Ul-
trathin and Flextherm.
Royal Circuits Acquires Second Maskless
LDI Machine
Milan Shah, president and owner of Royal Cir-
cuits Solutions announced that his company has
recently acquired their second Maskless Lithog-
raphy direct imaging machine. Royal is one of
the first PCB fabricators to own two of these
units.
Material Witness: Low-Flow Prepregs—
Taming the Beast!
In this installment of Material Witness, Chet Guiles
continues his discussion around low-flow pre-
pregs, with good advice about how to actually use
these materials.
atg Luther & Maelzer Launches Flying
Probe Tester for Substrates
atg Luther & Maelzer has delivered the first flying
probe system for substrate test to a major custom-
er in Korea. The S3 10 µm substrate tester is the
first system of a new atg Luther & Maelzer product
line.
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PCB007 Supplier/New Product
News Highlights
