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Mentor Graphics Restructures
Workforce to Focus on
Strategic Priorities
approximately 110 north american Mentor
Graphics employees have elected to participate in
a voluntary early retirement program. CeO Walden
C. rhines said, "These restructuring activities will
enable Mentor to focus personnel and resources
on priority opportunities and regions of the world,
deliver long-term growth and build shareholder
value."
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EDA Consortium: Record
Q4 Industry Revenue,
but PCB Drops
The eDa Consortium (eDaC) Market statistics ser-
vice (Mss) has announced that eDa industry reve-
nue increased 11.9% for Q4 2014 to a record $2.1
billion, compared to $1.88 billion in Q4 2013. But
PCB/MCM revenue dropped 7.6% from the same
year-ago period.
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Quadra Solutions Named
Sole uk Training Provider
of IPC CID Courses
Quadra solutions have this month been named as
the sole uK provider of the Certified Interconnect
Designer (CID) training course. The qualification,
accredited by IPC, is to be delivered by Quadra's
highly skilled and experienced trainers at their spe-
cialist training facility in lancashire.
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Improving PCB Design
with Advanced Circuits'
PCB Artist
advanced Circuits' free PCB layout software PCB
artist has become a favorite not only with engi-
neering students but also advanced engineers
due to its easy schematic-to-PCB layout, Gerber
format, autorouter, and extensive library of over
500,000 parts.
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EIPC to Hold 2015 Summer
Conference in Berlin
eIPC will hold its 2015 summer Conference in
Berlin, Germany, on June 18-19. speakers include
eIPC Chairman alun Morgan, who will present a
market outlook, followed by such luminaries as
Dr. Ivan ndip, lars Böttcher and Dr. Olaf Wittler,
all from Fraunhofer IzM; Walter huck from IeC;
Martyn Gaudion of Polar Instruments; and speak
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ers from aT&s, Thales, Cimulec, atotech, Taiyo,
Camtek, First eIe, Du Pont and Cambridge nano-
therm.
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Sparton Acquires Hunter
Technology Corporation
sparton Corporation has completed a merger
with hunter Technology Corporation, a provider
of PCB design and assembly services, in a $55 mil-
lion all-cash transaction. "We are looking forward
to combining forces with sparton and taking the
next step in the evolution of hunter Technology,"
said Joe O'neil, President of hunter Technology.
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