30 The PCB Magazine • April 2016
FTG Circuits Qualified to MIL-PRF-31032
The FTG Circuits, Chatsworth, California facility
has been qualified to the Department of Defense
performance specification mIl-PRF-31032/3 (flex-
ible printed wiring boards) and mIl-PRF-31032/4
(flex-rigid printed wiring boards).
API Technologies to be Acquired by PE Firm
API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of
high-performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave,
power, and security solutions, announced a defini-
tive agreement providing for the company to be
acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm J. F.
lehman & Company (JFlCo), which specializes in
the aerospace, maritime and defense industries.
PCi Purchases Polar CITS880s Controlled
Impedance Tester
Rigid flex circuit board manufacturer, Printed Cir-
cuits Inc., purchased a CITS880 controlled im-
pedance tester from Polar Instruments. Polar In-
struments' software and testing equipment is the
most popular solution in the PWB manufacturing
industry for predicting and verifying controlled
impedance circuits in circuit boards.
BAE Systems, Shengyi Receive IPC
Corporate Recognition Awards
IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Indus-
tries bestowed its highest corporate honors to
two member companies, BAE Systems and Shen-
gyi Technology Co. ltd. During a luncheon at IPC
APEX EXPo, the IPC Stan Plzak Corporate Recog-
nition Award was presented to BAE Systems and
the IPC Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition
Award to Shengyi Technology Co. ltd.
PrecisionHawk Explores Extreme-Weather
Testing of Drones at ACE
PrecisionHawk has successfully completed the
world's first extreme-weather testing of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the ACE climatic wind tun-
nel at the University of ontario Institute of Tech-
nology (UoIT).
Robots: Eliminating the First Contact with
an Enemy Force
"We should be thinking about having a robotic
vanguard, particularly for maneuver formations,"
said Dr. Bob Sadowski. "There's no reason why the
first contact with an enemy force should be with a
man-platform, because it means that platform is at
the greatest risk."
PNC Purchases Universal Pick and
Place Equipment
Sam Sangani, president and owner of PnC, has an-
nounced that his company recently added a new
Universal pick and place machine, model Genesis
GI-07, to its fast-growing assembly department.
Configurable Analog Chip Computes
with 1,000x Less Power than Digital
Researchers have built and demonstrated a novel
configurable computing device that uses 1000x
less electrical power—and can be built up to 100
times smaller—than comparable digital floating-
gate configurable devices currently in use.
IPC APEX EXPO 2016: Glenn Oliver on
His IPC "Best Paper" on High-Frequency
Materials
Glenn oliver of DuPont discusses his award-winning
paper, "Round Robin of High-Frequency Test meth-
ods by IPC-D24C Task Group." Co-authors include
Jonathan Weldon of DuPont, John Andresakis of Park
Electrochemical, Chudy nwachukwu of Isola, John
Coonrod of Rogers Corporation, David l. Wynants
of Taconic Advanced Dielectric Division, and Don
DeGroot of Connected Community networks.
Harris Signs Definitive Agreement
to Sell Aerostructures Business
Harris Corporation and Albany International Corp.
today announced a definitive agreement under
which Albany International will acquire Harris' aero-
structures business for an enterprise value of $210
million, including $187 million in cash at closing and
the assumption of a $23 million capitalized lease.
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