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Innovative Technologies
Drive PCB Industry Growth
PcB growth has slowed in recent years, though
last year the growth rate was slightly higher than
the 2% of the last three years. estimates by ieK of
industrial Technology research institute of Taiwan
show that the PcB industry will continue to grow
in 2015 at a rate of 3-5% with an annual output of
rmB 576 billion (uSD 93.8 billion).
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Coated Ultra-Thin Copper on
Printed
Circuit Laminates
nanocopper based copper foil has great promise
for high-density microcircuits. utilizing conven-
tional coating capability, volume production is
easily scalable and cost-effective.
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Institute of Circuit
Technology 41st Annual
Symposium
The institute of circuit Technology continues to
grow its membership, and the annual Symposium
is a major occasion that attracts most of the lead-
ing names and faces of the uK PcB industry. This
year's event was not only a platform for exchange
of knowledge and ideas, but another great op-
portunity for building networks and collaborative
relationships.
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IPC Releases PCB Industry
Results for May 2015
Total north american PcB shipments decreased
4.2% in may 2015 from may 2014, and year-to-
date shipment growth declined to -1.8%. com-
pared to the previous month, PcB shipments were
down 3.5%.
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IPC Promotes Philip
Carmichael to IPC President,
Asia
iPc has promoted Philip carmichael to iPc president
of asia. carmichael has served as president of iPc
greater china since January 2013 and will now ex-
pand his responsibilities to include member acquisi-
tion and support in Japan, Korea and aSean mem-
ber states including cambodia, indonesia, malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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iPhone 6S Series Drives
Sales of Flex PCBs
The upcoming release of apple inc.'s iPhone 6S
series, which will feature Force Touch technology,
is expected to drive demand for flexible PcBs (FP-
cBs) as apple is set to increase its orders from Tai-
wanese firms Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium
interconnect, according to a Digitimes report. This
is expected to boost sales of both Zhen Ding and
Flexium for the second half of 2015.
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